Proverbs 23:13

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

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

child . youth.
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 (...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
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.
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 i...
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...
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 fathe...
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, a...
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....
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 b...
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.
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 tr...
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 th...
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 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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:13