Verse
Proverbs 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him…
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
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The verses around Proverbs 13:24.
22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Verse explanation
The ‘rod’ was the common instrument of physical discipline in the education of the time, something as ordinary as a scolding would be today — not a recommendation of uncontrolled violence. The proverb flips the expectation: failing to correct is presented as the real lack of care, not the opposite.
From the Proverbs 13 study in Bible in Stories.
Proverbs 13:24 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
O que retem a sua vara aborrece a seu filho, mas o que o ama madruga a castigal-o.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Aquele que retém sua vara odeia a seu filho; porém aquele que o ama, desde cedo o castiga.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Los que no disciplinan a sus hijos, los odian. Los que aman a sus hijos los disciplinan con cuidado.
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