Proverbs 23:13

King James Version (KJV)

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

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole 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 of the dead.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation! 17,18. The believer's expectation shall not be disappointed; the end of his trials, and of the sinner's prosperity, is at hand.

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Ellen G. White
Our High Calling, 263.3

Will you consecrate your own hearts to God, that you may exert a sanctifying influence upon your children? Will you separate them from sin and sinners, and by living faith connect them with God? It should be the work of every parent to cultivate all that is good, and true, and noble in his children. It is his duty to correct their faults, to restrain their waywardness.... OHC 263.3

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