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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:14

Verse Proverbs 23:14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod] A proper correction of children was a favourite point of discipline with Solomon. We have already seen how forcibly he speaks on this subject. See the notes on the places referred to in the margin.

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See also Proverbs 23:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 23 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The opening proverbs of this chapter treat of self-restraint in curbing the appetite and give manners to be observed in the presence of a superior. Warnings against r...

  • 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 (_m...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DELIVER. rescue. HELL. hades. See App-35....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 23:13-23 13. Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. THOU SHALT BEAT HIM. The "thou" is emphatic: thou, the parent, not lightly delegating the power of the rod to others. If we...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 23 V1 When a ruler invites you for a meal, be careful! Think, before you eat!...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Sometimes you need to punish a child with a smack. A smack will not kill your child. But a smack will teach him the right way to behave. And your child will learn how to live wisely. Your punishment n...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND SHALT DELIVER HIS SOUL FROM HELL — _i.e.,_ Hades, the abode of the dead (Isaiah 14:9), death being the punishment of sin, and long life the reward of well-doing (Proverbs 3:2)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַ֭תָּה בַּ † שֵּׁ֣בֶט תַּכֶּ֑נּוּ וְ֝ נַפְשֹׁ֗ו...

  • 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 from the...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from (g) hell. (g) That is, from destruction....

  • 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 plead...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU SHALL BEAT HIM WITH THE ROD,.... Or, correct him with the stripes of the children of men, in a moderate and suitable manner, proportionable to the fault committed; and as he is able to bear it, b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. Ver. 14. _And shall deliver his soul frown hell._] Fond and foolish parents are _peremptores potius quam parentes,_ _a_ rather...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 14. THOU SHALT BEAT HIM WITH THE ROD, with severe punishment, if necessary, AND SHALT DELIVER HIS SOUL FROM HELL, for the correction will result in blessing to the child, in keeping him from worse...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 23:14 beat H5221 (H8686) rod H7626 deliver H5337 (H8686) soul H5315 hell H7585...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The indulgence of the appetites is a sin that easily besets us. We should apprehend ourselves to be in danger when...

  • 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 stained...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 23:13 This saying clearly affirms the place of corporal punishment in child rearing. The father punishes in this way to teach the child, not to vent his anger. The goal of su...

  • The 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 aglow...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 23:1 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 guest of kings....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the next three verses are coupled together. When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. Be not de...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 11:32; 1 Corinthians 5:5; Proverbs 22:15...

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