Proverbs 13:24 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁴He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 13:24 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. …
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 24)

Note, 1. To the education of children in that which is good there is necessary a due correction of them for what is amiss; every child of ours is a child of Adam, and therefore has that foolishness bound up in its heart which calls for rebuke, more or less, the rod and reproof which give wisdom. Observe, It is his rod that must be used, the rod of a parent, directed by wisdom and love, and designe…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 24)

24. spareth--or, “withholds.” rod--of correction. hateth--or, acts as if he hated him (compare Pr 3:12; 8:36). chasteneth ... betimes--or, “diligently seeks for him all useful discipline.”