Proverbs 13:24
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
25 A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- KJV
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- WEB
- One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
- ASV
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- DARBY
- He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- BLB
- The one withholding his rod is hating his son, and one loving him diligently seeks him with discipline.
- ÅB
- Den som sparer sitt ris, hater sin sønn; men den som elsker ham, tukter ham tidlig.
- OTB
- Den som sparer riset hater sitt barn, men den som elsker sitt barn er flittig med å disiplinere det.
- B1930
- Den som sparer sitt ris, hater sin sønn; men den som elsker ham, tukter ham tidlig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Read in contextProverbs 23:13–14
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Read in contextProverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Read in contextProverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Read in contextHebrews 12:6–8
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Read in contextProverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Read in contextProverbs 3:12
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Read in contextProverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
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