13Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.


In Context

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline 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 death.

15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad;

Proverbs 23:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:13Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die.