Proverbs 13:24
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24 Whoever spares the rod hates the child,
but whoever loves will apply discipline.(A)
Proverbs 19:18
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Footnotes
- 19:18 The pain of disciplining the young cannot be compared with the danger no discipline may bring. The chief reason for disciplining the young is their capacity to change; excluded thereby are revenge and punishment.
Proverbs 22:15
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15 Folly is bound to the heart of a youth,
but the rod of discipline will drive it out.[a]
Proverbs 23:13
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Footnotes
- 23:13–14 The young will not die from instructional blows but from their absence, for (premature) death results from uncorrected folly. The sardonic humor means the exhortation is not to be taken literally, as an argument for corporal punishment. The next verses (vv. 15–16) are exceedingly tender toward the young.
Proverbs 29:15
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15 The rod of correction gives wisdom,
but uncontrolled youths disgrace their mothers.(A)
Hebrews 12:7
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7 Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline?(A)
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