Verse 24

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
• Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.
• Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
• Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
• Prov 3:12 : 12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
• Heb 12:6-8 : 6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." 7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
• Luke 14:26 : 26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
• Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."