| Proverbs On The Use Of The Cane In Rearing Children |
| He that spareth the rod hateth his son. —Proverbs; xiii. 24. |
| Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. —Proverbs; xxii. 15. |
| Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from the grave. —Proverbs; xxiii. 13-14. |
| The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.—Proverbs; xxix. 15. |
| They spare the rod and spoyl the child. — Mysteries and Revelations , Ralph Venning (second ed.), p. 5. 1649. |
| Spare the rod and spoil the child. —Hudibras, Samuel Butler: pt. ii. c. i. l. 843.
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| He who loves his son will whip him often, in order
that he may rejoice at the way he turns out. —Sirach 30. 1. |