SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:24
¶ El que detiene el castigo, a su hijo aborrece; mas el que lo ama, madruga a castigarlo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 13:24
Verse 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son ] That is, if he hated him, he could not do him a greater disservice than not to correct him when his obstinacy or disobedience requires it. We have met with this subject already, and it is a favourite with Solomon. See the places referred to in the margin. The Revelation Mr. Holden makes some sensible observations on this passage: "By the neglect of early correction the desires (passions) obtain ascendancy; the temper becomes irascible, peevish, querulous. Pride is nourished, humility destroyed, and by the habit of indulgence the mind is incapacitated to bear with firmness and equanimity the cares and sorrows, the checks and disappointments, which flesh is heir to."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son , etc.] Who withholds or withdraws his rod of correction, which is in his hand, which he has power to use, and ought to exercise at proper times; he, instead of loving his son, may be said to hate him; for such fond love is no better than hatred; and, if he really hated him, he could scarcely do a more ill thing by him than not to correct him for a fault; which was the sin of good old Eli, and both he and his sons suffered for it; but he that loveth him ; that has a true love for his son, and a hearty concern for his welfare and future good; he will regulate his affections by his judgment, and not give way to a fond passion, to the prejudice of his child: but he chasteneth him betimes , or “in the morning” f383 ; in the morning of his infancy, before vicious habits are contracted, or he is accustomed to sinning, and hardened in it; or as soon as a crime is perpetrated, before it is forgot or repeated: or every morning, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; that is, continually, as often as it is necessary, or as faults are committed.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24 - He acts as if he hated his child, who, by false indulgence, permit sinful habits to gather strength, which will bring sorrow here, an misery hereafter.
Original Hebrew
חושׂך 2820 שׁבטו 7626 שׂונא 8130 בנו 1121 ואהבו 157 שׁחרו 7836 מוסר׃ 4148
