Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a youth, || When you strike him with a rod he does not die.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
In Context
12Bring your heart to instruction, || And your ear to sayings of knowledge.
14You strike him with a rod, || And you deliver his soul from Sheol.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24Whoever is sparing his rod is hating his son, || And whoever is loving him has hurried his discipline.
Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, || The rod of discipline puts it far from him.
Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he gives you comfort, || Indeed, he gives delights to your soul.
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 →