THEOSISProverbs 23:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
אַל־תִּמְנַ֣ע מִנַּ֣עַר מוּסָ֑ר כִּֽי־תַכֶּ֥נּוּ בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט לֹ֣א יָמֽוּת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:24He that spareth the rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him, correcteth him betimes.
- Prov 29:17Instruct thy son and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.
- Prov 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will, bringeth his mother to shame.
- Prov 19:18Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.