# Proverbs 23.14 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 12. Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13. Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. > > **14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.** > > 15. My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: 16. Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. (Proverbs 23:12-16, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 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. (Proverbs 23:12-16, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 13. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. > > **14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.** > > 15. My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. even: or, even I will rejoice 16. Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. (Proverbs 23:12-16, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 12. Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge. 13. Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. > > **14. Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.** > > 15. My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine, 16. And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly. (Proverbs 23:12-16, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Spare the Rod Objection Defeater](/codex/spare-the-rod-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/) - [Spare the Rod Objection](/codex/spare-the-rod-objection/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.