Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
In Context
25The just eats and fills his soul. But the belly of the impious is never satisfied.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.
Proverbs 19:18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
Proverbs 23:13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
Hebrews 12:6For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.
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 →