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NASB | Proverbs 13:24 He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 13:24 He who withholds the rod [of discipline] hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines and trains him diligently and appropriately [with wisdom and love]. [Prov 19:18; 22:15; 23:13; 29:15, 17; Eph 6:4] |
Subject: Spare the rod, spoil the child |
Bible Note: MJH - Back in English Lit 101 we learned about genre. That was years ago (Elvis was still in high school), but I still know what genre means. And frankly I've always been a trifle timid about trying to sort out Scripture based on genre, especially since that day many moons past when I committed to memory that familiar passage the old apostle wrote in his second letter to his young friend. "ALL Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16,17 NIV). ..... Being a student (of sorts) of things literary, I know there are some rather long-established guidelines for approaching various kinds of writing; that, for example, the poetry of Milton differs measurably from the prose of Dickens, and the Psalms from Luke's Gospel, and thus they demand different things of the reader. So therefore the reader ought to be aware of the kind of writing -- the genre, if you will -- that he attends himself to. But since Scripture says of itself that it is all inspired of God, I can't see making too much ado over genre, certainly not to the point of saying that this genre or that genre should be given greater or lesser weight, or that God used some genres for His commands but not others. ...... In my user profile I say that my favorite verses of Scripture are Genesis 1:1, Revelation 22:21 and every verse in between, because all are God-breathed and profitable. Not by any means are all of God's commandments tucked neatly into Exodus 20. :-) We find them at various places in Scripture. Even Proverbs. --Hank |