24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. …
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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…
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