13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 23:13-14
Guarded Desire, Wise Discipline, the Fear of the LORD, and Warnings Against Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and Drunkenness
The chapter moves through warnings about appetite and wealth, discernment at corrupt tables, protection of boundaries and the fatherless, heart-applied instruction and discipline, parental joy, fear of the LORD over envy, warnings against gluttony and drunkenness, honoring parents, buying truth, sexual purity, and a final extended portrait of wine's deceptive destruction.
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Verse 13
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Do notאַל־H408Adverbwithholdתִּמְנַ֣עH4513Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singulardisciplineמוּסָ֑רH4148Noun - masculine singularfrom a childמִנַּ֣עַרH5288Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularalthoughכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionyou strike himתַכֶּ֥נּוּH5221Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singularwith a rodבַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶטH7626Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularhe will notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particledieיָמֽוּת׃H4191Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 14
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-אַ֭תָּהH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrike himתַּכֶּ֑נּוּH5221Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singularwith a rodבַּשֵּׁ֣בֶטH7626Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularand you will deliverתַּצִּֽיל׃H5337Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularhis soulוְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹH5315Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularfrom Sheolמִשְּׁא֥וֹלH7585Preposition-m | Noun - common singular