Proverbs 23:13 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 23:13

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

KJV

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILY ON THE BEGINNING OF PROVERBS 5 (379)

As small children who are negligent in learning become more attentive and obedient after being punished by their teacher or tutor, and as they do not listen before the lash, but, after feeling the pain of a beating, hear and respond as though their ears were just recently opened, improving also in memory, so likewise with those who neglect divine doctrine and spurn the commandments. For, after they experience God's correction and discipline, then the commandments of God which had always been known to them and always neglected are most readily received as though by ears freshly cleansed.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

While there is little danger that the use of the "divine ordinance of the rod" will produce bodily harm, there is great hope of spiritual good. The pleasure afforded the teacher by the pupil's progress is a motive to diligence.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּמְנַ֣ע	tim.Na'	you withhold	H4513 →
מִנַּ֣עַר	mi.Na.'ar	from a youth	H5288 →
מוּסָ֑ר	mu.Sar	discipline	H4148 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
תַכֶּ֥נּוּ	ta.Ke.nu	you will strike him	H5221 →
בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט	va.She.vet	with the rod	H7626 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָמֽוּת׃	ya.Mut	he will die	H4191 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
leads to
- Proverbs 23:13–14
  Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 29:15
  A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 29:17
  Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 22:15
  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 19:18
  Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
leads to
- Proverbs 13:24
  He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:1
  The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 17:25
  A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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