Proverbs 23:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 23:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

i. e., “You will not kill your son by scourging him, you may kill him by with holding the scourge.” Proverbs 23:14 Hell - Sheol, the world of the dead.
Proverbs 23:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
Proverbs 23:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

child . youth.
Proverbs 23:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Withhold not correction from the child; for (if) thou beatest him with the rod (so that sin bec...
Proverbs 23:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He shall not die — i.e., a moderate correction, such as that advised in Proverbs 19:18 (see note), will not injure him — quite the reverse.
Proverbs 23:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
Proverbs 23:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Proverbs 23:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plea...
Proverbs 23:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 t...
Proverbs 23:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Ver. 13. Withhold not correction from the child. ] See Trapp on " Pro 13:24 " He shall not d...
Proverbs 23:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Th...
Proverbs 23:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is a likely mean to prevent their corruption, and the destruction which commonly follows it, as the next verse explains this.
Proverbs 23:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:17 . Let not thine heart envy , etc. The verb translated envy refers to both objects in the verse, and is better translated “ strive after .” Miller renders it “ be...
Proverbs 23:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
Proverbs 23:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
Proverbs 23:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 13. Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die, that is, the punishment may be bitter, even for the parent, but that fact dare not interfere w...
Proverbs 23:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 13:24 ; Proverbs 19:18 ; Proverbs 29:15 ; Proverbs 29:17
Proverbs 23:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shall not die — It is a likely way to prevent his destruction.

Proverbs 23:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes