Proverbs 13:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early. [Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13; 29:15, 17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Those who withhold the rod hate their children, but the one who loves them applies discipline.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

Proverbs 13:24 Cross References

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

Proverbs 3:12

for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 8:36

but those who miss me injure themselves; all who hate me love death.”

Luke 14:26

“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.

Deuteronomy 8:5

Know, then, in your heart that, as a parent disciplines a child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.