Proverbs 23:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your 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%

    14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

    15 My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Prov 13:24
    83%

    24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Prov 22:15
    81%

    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12 For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

    19 A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

  • Prov 22:6
    77%

    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 29:15
    76%

    15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

    19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Heb 12:5-9
    5 verses
    76%

    5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;

    6 For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

    7 It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

    8 But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

    9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Exod 21:20
    74%

    20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

  • Prov 15:10
    74%

    10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Deut 8:5
    74%

    5 Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    73%

    14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;

  • Exod 21:15
    73%

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Prov 10:13
    73%

    13 In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17 Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

  • Prov 26:3
    72%

    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24 The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 5:23
    71%

    23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

  • Prov 17:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

    26 To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Deut 24:16
    70%

    16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

  • Hos 13:13
    70%

    13 The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.

  • Deut 25:3
    70%

    3 He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.

  • Ps 89:32
    70%

    32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 10:17
    70%

    17 He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • Col 3:21
    69%

    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

  • Ps 118:18
    69%

    18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • Matt 15:4
    69%

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.