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Proverbs 13:24
24If you do not punish your child, you show that you hate him. If you really love your child, you will punish him when he does something wrong.
Proverbs 13:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
Context of Proverbs 13:24
22When a good person dies, he leaves good things for his grandchildren. But a sinner's riches will belong to righteous people in the end. 23Even a poor man's field may give him enough food. But he loses it because wicked people rob him. If you do not punish your child, you show that you hate him. If you really love your child, you will punish him when he does something wrong. 25Righteous people have plenty of food to eat. But wicked people have an empty stomach.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:24 word by word
חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ שִׁ֭בְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵ֣א בְנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֹהֲב֗וֹ שִֽׁחֲר֥וֹ מוּסָֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 13:24
- Proverbs 3:12He is doing it because he loves you. When a father loves his son very much, he warns him when he does something wrong.
- Proverbs 8:36But anyone who does not find me brings trouble on himself. Everybody who hates me loves death.’
- Proverbs 19:18When your children do wrong things, warn them while you still have the chance. If you do not punish them, you are helping them to go to an early death.
- Proverbs 22:15Children love to do foolish things. To stop them, you must warn and punish them.
- Proverbs 23:1312. Remember to warn your children when they do something wrong. If you punish them with a stick, you will not kill them.
- Proverbs 29:15If you want your children to be wise, warn them and punish them when they do wrong things. If you let them do anything that they want to do, they will make their mother ashamed.
- Luke 14:26‘If someone wants to obey me, he must live like this: He must love me more than he loves his own father and mother. He must love me more than he loves his wife and his children. He must love me more than he loves his brothers and his sisters. He must even love me more than he loves himself. If he does not do that, he cannot be one of my disciples.
- Hebrews 12:6The Lord does that to everyone that he loves. He punishes everyone that he accepts as a son.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24He that spareth his rod hateth his son - That is, if he hated him, he could not do him a greater disservice than not to correct him when his obstinacy or disobedience requires it. We have met with this subject already, and it is a favourite with Solomon. See Psalm 34:10; (note) and Psalm 37:3; (note). The Rev. Mr. Holden makes some sensible observations on this passage: "By the neglect of early correction the desires (passions) obtain ascendancy; the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24Verse 24 He acts as if he hated his child, who, by false indulgence, permits sinful habits to gather strength, which will bring sorrow here, and misery hereafter.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Punishment can help motivate learning. Discipline shows love, while not disciplining a child can show laziness (see also Proverbs 19:18; 23:13–14; 29:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. spareth--or, "withholds." rod--of correction. hateth--or, acts as if he hated him (compare Pr 3:12; 8:36). chasteneth ... betimes--or, "diligently seeks for him all useful discipline."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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