Proverbs 23:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:14-15
    2 verses
    89%

    14You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 13:24
    83%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 22:15
    81%

    15Foolishness is bound 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, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

  • Prov 22:6
    77%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, and 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 brings shame to his mother.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;

  • Prov 29:17
    76%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

  • Heb 12:5-9
    5 verses
    76%

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him:

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

    7If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

    8But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

    9Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Prov 23:12
    76%

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

  • Exod 21:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:10
    74%

    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Deut 8:5
    74%

    5You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    73%

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • Exod 21:15
    73%

    15And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 10:13
    73%

    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • Job 5:17
    72%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 26:3
    72%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

    17And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 1:8
    71%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 5:23
    71%

    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 17:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

    26Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Deut 24:16
    70%

    16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor 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 laboring woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • Deut 25:3
    70%

    3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed; lest, if he should exceed and beat him with many more stripes, then your brother should appear vile to you.

  • Ps 89:32
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    70%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 10:17
    70%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Col 3:21
    69%

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

  • Ps 118:18
    69%

    18The LORD has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

  • Matt 15:4
    69%

    4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.