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What does spare the rod and spoil the childmean?

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It means, we all need reproof, correction and discipline.

"He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him." (Prov.13:24 NIV)

"PROVERBS 13... [verse] 24. He acts as if he hated his child, who, by false indulgence, permits sinful habits to gather strength, which will bring sorrow here, and misery hereafter." (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary)

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