Mishle 23:13

13 Withhold not musar (correction) from the na’ar (child), for if thou spank him with the shevet, he shall not die.

Mishle 23:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child
When he has committed a fault, and correction is necessary; for to spare it is the ruin of the child, and no proof of true affection in the parent, but the reverse; see ( Proverbs 13:24 ) ( 19:18 ) ; for, [if] thou beatest him with a rod, he shall not die;
if he be beaten moderately, there is no danger of his dying under the rod, or with the stripes given him; besides, such moderate and proper corrections may be a means of preserving him from such crimes as would bring him to a shameful and untimely death, and so he shall not die such a death; and by such means, through the grace of God, he may escape the second, or eternal death.

Mishle 23:13 In-Context

11 For their Go’el is chazak (strong); He shall plead their cause against thee.

12 Apply thine lev unto musar, and thine oznayim to the words of da’as.

13 Withhold not musar (correction) from the na’ar (child), for if thou spank him with the shevet, he shall not die.

14 Thou shalt spank him with the shevet, and shalt save his nefesh from Sheol.

15 Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, my own lev shall have simchah.