Proverbs 23:14
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
BSB
ASV
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
KJV
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod - A proper correction of children was a favourite point of discipline with Solomon. We have already seen how forcibly he speaks on this subject. See the notes on the places referred to in 1Co 5:5 (note).
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 walk8
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
1 Corinthians 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
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Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
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Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.