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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 13:24

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:24THE CHILD AND THE RODI. Pain is a necessary instrument in human training. The rod is to be included in the means of education. Some natures need an experience of pain to quicken their mental capabilities. Sometimes children are like untilled land (see Proverbs 13:23), they have large capabilities lying dormant, which will not awaken unless they are subjected to severe discipline and punished for their shortcomings. And what is necessary in intellectual training... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 13:1-25

Chapter 13In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man.A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scorner does not listen to rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction. The soul of the sluggard... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 13:1-25

Proverbs 13:1 . A wise son heareth his father’s instruction. This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, and sanctioned by long experience. And he who hearkens to a wise father is here called a wise son; while he who rejects paternal counsel altogether is branded with the name of a scorner. Proverbs 13:2 . Transgressors shall eat violence. The Septuagint, “Shall perish before their time,” or die... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 13:24

Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.The child wisely chastenedUnder this apparent severity is to be found the spirit of true kindness. It would seem as if the last word in the text were an emphatic word. There is a good deal of chastening, but it is not timely; the will has grown strong, the passions have acquired tenacious hold upon the mind, the chastening comes too late in life. It is the easiest of all things to spare the rod;... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 13:24

Pro 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Ver. 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son. ] It is as if one should be so tender over a child as not to suffer the wind to blow upon it, and therefore hold the hand before the mouth of it, but so hard as he strangleth the child. It is said of the ape that she huggeth her young one to death; so do many fond parents, who are therefore peremptores potius quam parentes, rather parricides than... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 13:24

Proverbs 3:12, Proverbs 8:36, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 23:13, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 29:17, Luke 14:26, Hebrews 12:6-Ruth : Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:18 - when they Romans 9:13 - hated Hebrews 12:7 - for what read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 13:24

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.Hateth his son — His fond affection, is as pernicious to him as hatred. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 13:24

24. He that spareth his rod Withholdeth suitable correction of some kind. Hateth his son The effect of undue indulgence and lack of discipline will be to injure the child, and the result be as though he hated him. But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes Literally, Seeketh for him chastising. Really regards the entire well-being of the child, and would discharge to him the early obligation of a parent. Solomon seems to have had no idea that a good education could be secured... read more

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