Proverbs 13:24
He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
In Context
23There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.
Proverbs 19:18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
Proverbs 23:13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
Proverbs 29:17Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
Hebrews 12:6For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:24
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. See here, 1. How a small estate may be improved by industry, so that a man, by making the best of every thing, may live comfortably upon it: Much food is in the tillage of the poor, the poor farmers, that have but a little, but take pains with that little and husband it well. Many make it an excuse for their idleness that they have but a little to work on, a very little to be doing with; but the less compass the field… Read the whole commentary →