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Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

KJV

Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam : si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.

Vulgate

μὴ ἀπόσχῃ νήπιον παιδεύειν, ὅτι ἐὰν πατάξῃς αὐτὸν ῥάβδῳ, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·

LXX

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

ASV

אַל תִּמְנַ֣ע מִ/נַּ֣עַר מוּסָ֑ר כִּֽי תַכֶּ֥/נּוּ בַ֝/שֵּׁ֗בֶט לֹ֣א יָמֽוּת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. And though he seem to have spoken but one single thing, yet His sayings are three, Let him renounce himself, and Let him bear his cross, and Let him follow me; and two of them are joined together, but the one is put by itself. But let us see first what it can be to deny one's self. Let us learn first what it is to deny another, and then we shall know what it may be to deny o…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 1:6 — And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
  • 1Sam 3:13 — For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
  • Deut 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
  • Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
  • Heb 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
  • Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
  • Prov 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Prov 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Prov 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Prov 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Prov 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • Prov 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.