Verse 24

Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction and discipline impart wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 You shall strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from Sheol.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
  • Heb 12:6-8 : 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts. 7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.