13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-16)Here is, 1. A parent instructing his child. He is here brought in persuading him to give his mind to his book, and especially to the scriptures and his catechism, to attend to the words of knowledge , by which he might come to know his duty, and danger, and interest, and not to think it enough to give them the hearing, but to apply his heart to them, to delight in them, and bow his will to the aut…
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