Zhēnyán 23:13

13 Bùkĕ bù guǎngjiào háitóng , nǐ yòng zhàng dǎ tā , tā bì búzhìyú sǐ .

Zhēnyán 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.

Zhēnyán 23:13 In-Context

11 Yīnwei tāmende jiùshú zhǔ , dà yǒu nénglì . tā bì xiàng nǐ wèi tāmen biàn qū .

12 Nǐ yào liú xīn lǐngshòu xùn huì . zhāi ĕr tīng cóng zhīshi de yányǔ .

13 Bùkĕ bù guǎngjiào háitóng , nǐ yòng zhàng dǎ tā , tā bì búzhìyú sǐ .

14 Nǐ yào yòng zhàng dǎ tā , jiù kĕyǐ jiù tāde línghún miǎn xià yīnjiān .

15 Wǒ ér nǐ xīn ruò cún zhìhuì , wǒde xīn yĕ shén huānxǐ .