Proverbs 23:12-16

¹² Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge. ¹³ Don't fail to discipline your children. The rod of punishment won't kill them. ¹⁴ Physical discipline may well save them from death. ¹⁵ My child, if your heart is wise, my own heart will rejoice! ¹⁶ Everything in me will celebrate when you 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!

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