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Proverbs 23:13

Proverbs 23:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

An injunction to the tutor or parent (comp. ; ; ; ). For if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. This has been understood in various senses; e.

g. "Though than scourge him, that correction will not kill him;…. If thou chastise him, thou wilt save him from the doom of the rebellious son" (); or, "He shall not die eternally," which rather anticipates the conclusion in the next verse.

The expression merely means—Do not be weak, thinking that you will injure your child by judicious correction, and in this fear withholding your hand; but punish him firmly when necessary, and, far from harming him, you will be doing him the greatest good.

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