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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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Matthew Henry

(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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