Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
In Context
23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
25A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
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 →