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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 23) Proverbs 23:13 KJV
"Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die."
Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 13
Proverbs 23:13 in Context (Verses 10–16 KJV)
10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:*
11
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.*
16
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.