24 The one who will not use the rod hates his son,(A)
but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.(B)

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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Strike him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

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15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:15 Lit youth sent away

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