Mishle 23:14

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

Mishle 23:14 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 23:14

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, both as to body and mind; and shalt deliver his soul from hell;
be a means of preventing those sins which would bring to hell and destruction; and of bringing to repentance for those committed; and so of saving his soul, which should be the chief thing parents should have in view in chastising their children; the salvation of whose souls should be dear unto them, as it is to all truly gracious and thoughtful ones.

Mishle 23:14 In-Context

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.

16 Indeed, my inmost being shall rejoice, when thy sfatayim (lips) speak meisharim (upright things).