Proverbs 23:13

Do not thou withdraw chastising, ( or discipline), from a child; for though thou smitest him with a rod, he shall not die.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

12Thine heart enter to teaching, and thine ears to the words of knowing. (Let thy heart draw close to instruction, and thy ears to words of knowledge.)

14Thou shalt smite him with a rod, and thou shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Thou shalt strike him with a rod, and so thou shalt rescue his soul from Sheol, or from the land of the dead, or from hell itself.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:24He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but he that loveth him, teacheth busily, (or but he who loveth him, busily teacheth him).

Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound together in the heart of a child; and a rod of chastising shall drive it away. (Foolishness is bound up in a child’s heart, but the rod of discipline shall drive it away.)

Proverbs 29:17Teach thy son, and he shall comfort thee (or and he shall be a comfort to thee); and he shall give delights to thy 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 →

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