Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
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- Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- Proverbs 23:13–14 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
- Proverbs 29:15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.