Proverbs 22:6
World English Bible
6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
American Standard Version
6 Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:6 Hebrew according to his way.
Proverbs 22:15
World English Bible
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
American Standard Version
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14
World English Bible
13 Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.[a]
Footnotes
- 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Proverbs 23:13-14
American Standard Version
13 Withhold not correction from the child;
For [a]if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Or, though
Proverbs 29:15
World English Bible
15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:15
American Standard Version
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom;
But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:17
World English Bible
17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace;
yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs 29:17
American Standard Version
17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest;
Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
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