Proverbs 23:14

Thou shalt spank him with the shevet, 1 and shalt save his nefesh from Sheol. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

In Context

13Withhold not musar (correction) from the na'ar (child), 1 for if thou spank him with the shevet, he shall not die. 1

15Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, 1 my own lev shall have simchah. 1

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:5You are to transmit and hand over to HaSatan such a person for the churban of the basar, + 5:5 1C 3:16-17 that his neshamah may be spared in the Yom Hashem. + 5:5 Am 5:18; Mal 3:19; Yoel 2:1-17

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 →

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