Proverbs 23:13

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…

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.

Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge,…

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 deathhere as the consequence of…