Proverbs 23:12-16

¹² Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge. ¹³ Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol. ¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine: ¹⁶ yes, my heart will rejoice,
when your lips speak what is right.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:12-16

Commentary on Proverbs 23:12-16

(Read Proverbs 23:12-16)

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!