Proverbs 23:14
12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
- KJV
- Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
- WEB
- Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
- ASV
- Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
- DARBY
- thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
- BLB
- You strike him with the rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
- ÅB
- Du slår ham med riset, men du frelser hans sjel fra dødsriket.
- OTB
- Slå dem med staven og redd deres sjel fra Sheol.
- B1930
- Du slår ham med riset, men du frelser hans sjel fra dødsriket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 5:5
hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
Read in contextProverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
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