Holy Scripture
Proverbs 13:24
A church father on this verse
“Then the provident guide of the soul has regard to this, that he may circumscribe her pleasures and cut off her desires, that she may not delight herself in them. That father's corrections are profitable, who spares not the rod, that he may render his son's soul obedient to salutary precepts. For he visits with a rod,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24He that spares the rod hates his son: But he that loves, carefully chastens him.
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In context
22A good man shall inherit children’s children; And the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
23The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: But the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.
— Proverbs 13:24 —
25A just man eats and satisfies his soul: But the souls of the ungodly are in want.