13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 Strike 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 not אַל־ H408 Adverb withhold תִּמְנַ֣ע H4513 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular discipline מוּסָ֑ר H4148 Noun - masculine singular from a child מִנַּ֣עַר H5288 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular although כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you strike him תַכֶּ֥נּוּ H5221 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular with a rod בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶט H7626 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular he will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle die יָמֽוּת׃ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 14
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- אַ֭תָּה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strike him תַּכֶּ֑נּוּ H5221 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular with a rod בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט H7626 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and you will deliver תַּצִּֽיל׃ H5337 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular his soul וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ H5315 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular from Sheol מִשְּׁא֥וֹל H7585 Preposition-m | Noun - common singular