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Proverbs 23:12–18

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12Apply your heartg to instruction,

and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

13Do not withhold discipline from a child,

if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.

14As for you, with the rod you shall beat him,

and his lifeh you will save from Sheol.i

15My child, if your heartj is wise,

my heart will be glad—even me!

16And my insidesk will rejoice

when your lips speak what is upright.

17May your heartl not envy the sinners,

but live in fear of Yahweh all day.m

18Surelyn there is a future,

and your hope will not be cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. gOr “mind”
  2. hOr “soul,” or “inner self”
  3. iA term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
  4. jOr “mind”
  5. kLiterally “kidneys”
  6. lOr “mind”
  7. mLiterally “all the day”
  8. nLiterally “For if”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Apply your heart to instruction

and your ear to words of knowledge.

Do not withhold discipline from a child;

if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

If you strike him with the rod,

you will save his soul from Sheol.

My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart too will be glad.

My inmost being will exult

when your lips speak what is right.

Let not your heart envy sinners,

but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Surely there is a future,

and your hope will not be cut off.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Apply your heart to instruction

and your ears to words of knowledge.

Do not withhold discipline from a child;

if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.

Punish them with the rod

and save them from death.

My son, if your heart is wise,

then my heart will be glad indeed;

my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak what is right.

Do not let your heart envy sinners,

but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

There is surely a future hope for you,

and your hope will not be cut off.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Apply yourself to discipline

and listen to words of knowledge.

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;

if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.

Punish him with a rod,

and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

My son, if your heart is wise,

my heart will indeed rejoice.

My innermost being will celebrate

when your lips say what is right.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;

instead, always fear the Lord.

For then you will have a future,

and your hope will not be dashed.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Commit yourself to instruction;

listen carefully to words of knowledge.

Don’t fail to discipline your children.

The rod of punishment won’t kill them.

Physical discipline

may well save them from death.

My child, if your heart is wise,

my own heart will rejoice!

Everything in me will celebrate

when you speak what is right.

Don’t envy sinners,

but always continue to fear the Lord.

You will be rewarded for this;

your hope will not be disappointed.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

KJV 1900King James Version

Apply thine heart unto instruction,

And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Withhold not correction from the child:

For if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod,

And shalt deliver his soul from hell.

My son, if thine heart be wise,

My heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Yea, my reins shall rejoice,

When thy lips speak right things.

Let not thine heart envy sinners:

But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

For surely there is an end;

And thine expectation shall not be cut off.

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