Proverbs 23:13

American Standard Version (1901)

Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 23:14-15
    2 verses
    89%

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

    15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 13:24
    83%

    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Prov 22:15
    81%

    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

    12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

    19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.

  • Prov 22:6
    77%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 29:15
    76%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

    19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

    17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

  • Heb 12:5-9
    5 verses
    76%

    5and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

    6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

    7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?

    8But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

    9Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

    12Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Exod 21:20
    74%

    20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

  • Prov 15:10
    74%

    10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Deut 8:5
    74%

    5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    73%

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • Exod 21:15
    73%

    15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • Prov 10:13
    73%

    13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Prov 26:3
    72%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 5:23
    71%

    23He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  • Prov 17:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

    26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

  • Deut 24:16
    70%

    16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Hos 13:13
    70%

    13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • Deut 25:3
    70%

    3Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

  • Ps 89:32
    70%

    32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 10:17
    70%

    17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Col 3:21
    69%

    21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

  • Ps 118:18
    69%

    18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

  • Matt 15:4
    69%

    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.