Discovery BoxProverbs 5:23 
Context5:23 He will die because 1 there was no discipline;
because of the greatness of his folly 2 he will reel. 3
Proverbs 15:10
Context15:10 Severe discipline 4 is for the one who abandons the way;
the one who hates reproof 5 will die.
Proverbs 23:13
Context23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
1 tn The preposition בּ (bet) is used in a causal sense: “because” (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV).
2 sn The word אִוַּלְתּוֹ (’ivvalto, “his folly”) is from the root אול and is related to the noun אֶוִיל (’evil, “foolish; fool”). The noun אִוֶּלֶת (’ivvelet, “folly”) describes foolish and destructive activity. It lacks understanding, destroys what wisdom builds, and leads to destruction if it is not corrected.
3 sn The verb שָׁגָה (shagah, “to swerve; to reel”) is repeated in a negative sense. If the young man is not captivated by his wife but is captivated with a stranger in sinful acts, then his own iniquities will captivate him and he will be led to ruin.
4 tn The two lines are parallel synonymously, so the “severe discipline” of the first colon is parallel to “will die” of the second. The expression מוּסָר רָע (musar ra’, “severe discipline”) indicates a discipline that is catastrophic or harmful to life.
5 sn If this line and the previous line are synonymous, then the one who abandons the way also refuses any correction, and so there is severe punishment. To abandon the way means to leave the life of righteousness which is the repeated subject of the book of Proverbs.
