“Do not withhold discipline from your children.
If you beat them with a rod,
They will not die.
If you beat him with the rod
You will save their lives from Sheol.
My child!
If your heart is wise,
My heart too will be glad.
My soul will rejoice
When your lips
Speak what is right.”
Here is the reason for the good use of discipline. You were not to withhold discipline to a child. Your children were not going to die from being beat with a stick or rod. In fact, they will be saved from the underworld Sheol. If the child has a wise heart, the heart of the parents will be glad. Parents will rejoice when the lips of their children speak what is right.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 