24 cWhoever spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.1
Proverbs 22:15
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but nthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13–14
13 Do not withhold ndiscipline from a child;
oif you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
you will psave his soul from Sheol.
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