13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
This proverb can go along with yesterday’s. Correction must be an expected thing if there is none righteous. We must all expect to be corrected beginning with childhood and never ending. The assumption is that we naturally get that correction is needed. It says “withhold not,” not “You must.” That is similar to the “Thou shall nots” of the Ten Commandments. To not correct is unnatural.
Categories: Childhood · Correction · Discipline · Proverb · Religion · Wisdom
Pro. 9: 8 So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you.
But correct the wise, and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise,and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
Someone will always complain about how I teach, preach, and lead at the church, because they are foolish mockers. The wise, however, will love and learn. (more…)
Categories: Church · Correction · Hate · Love · Proverb · Righteous · Solomon · Teach · Wisdom · wise
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