Proverbs 13:24
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
In Context
23An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
25The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 23:13Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
Hebrews 12:6for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom 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 →