Proverbs 23:14
You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
In Context
15My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:5to hand over such a one as this to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:13-17
Parental Duties. 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book,… Read the whole commentary →