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Proverbs 23:13-14

PROVERBS—NOTE ON Proverbs 23:13 This saying clearly affirms the place of corporal punishment in child rearing. The father punishes in this way to teach the child, not to vent his anger. The goal of such discipline is developing the child’s character. In these verses, he will not die and you will save his soul from Sheol are parallel ideas. Sheol here is the place where the ungodly go after death (see Psalms 49:14; note on Proverbs 7:26). Discipline equips the child to continue in the way of eternal life.

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See also Proverbs 23:13-14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    i. e., “You will not kill your son by scourging him, you may kill him by with holding the scourge.” Proverbs 23:14 HELL - Sheol, the world of the dead....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence of a superior. Warnings against r...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what (_m...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CHILD. youth....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _if thou beatest him_ Or, _though_, R.V. marg., meaning thou needest not to be afraid that corporal punishment will result in death. It is better, however, to understand _death_here as the consequence...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 23:13-23 13. Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. WITHHOLD NOT CORRECTION FROM THE CHILD; FOR (IF) THOU BEATEST HIM WITH THE ROD (SO THAT SIN BECOMES...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Sometimes you need to punish a child with a smack. A smack will not kill your child. But a smack will teach him the right way to behave. And your child will learn how to live wisely. Your punishment n...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE SHALL NOT DIE — _i.e.,_ a moderate correction, such as that advised in Proverbs 19:18 (see note), will not injure him — quite the reverse....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַל ־תִּמְנַ֣ע מִ נַּ֣עַר מוּסָ֑ר כִּֽי ־תַכּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction from the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WITHHOLD NOT CORRECTION FROM THE CHILD,.... When he has committed a fault, and correction is necessary; for to spare it is the ruin of the child, and no proof of true affection in the parent, but the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Ver. 13. _Withhold not correction from the child._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 13:24 _"_ He shall not die....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 13. WITHHOLD NOT CORRECTION FROM THE CHILD; FOR IF THOU BEATEST HIM WITH THE ROD, HE SHALL NOT DIE, that is, the punishment may be bitter, even for the parent, but that fact dare not interfere with...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    It is a likely mean to prevent their corruption, and the destruction which commonly follows it, as the next verse explains this....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:13 withhold H4513 (H8799) correction H4148 child H5288 beat H5221 (H8686) rod H7626 die H4191 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The indulgence of the appetites is a sin that easily besets us. We should apprehend ourselves to be in danger when...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 23:1. _When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,_ and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, _put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite._ How many have stained...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 23:17. LET NOT THINE HEART ENVY, etc. The verb translated _envy_ refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “_strive after_.” Miller renders it “_be aglow...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the guest of kings....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the next three verses are coupled together. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Be not de...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:17...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall not die — It is a likely way to prevent his destruction....

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