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1 A froward child, and I trust that Goodman Holbrook will not spare the rod .
2 To spare the rod is to spoil the child.
3 Indeed, I've advised Juba not to spare the rod .
4 He said there are biblical teachings to apply such as ' spare the rod , spoil the child.'
5 She did not spare the rod .
6 The Heavenly Father is impelled by His love not to spare the rod , lest the sparing spoil the child.
7 But he says there is still the traditional way of thinking that 'if you spare the rod , you spoil the child'.
8 She was strict and exacting, and had learned from Solomon that to " spare the rod was to spoil the child."
9 Little Blue-Star attended school unhindered by a fond mother's fears that a foreign teacher might not spare the rod with her darling.
10 Guy's old man had been a royal bastard, a hard-assed proponent of the " spare the rod , spoil the child" mentality.
11 We cling to that oft-misused phrase " spare the rod , spoil the child" to justify leaving our children with bruises and welts.
12 Even the Good Book says ' spare the rod and spoil the child.' Folks'd say we shouldn't be interferin', an' most times I'd say they're right.
13 Since he would have none of the school, his father had him apprenticed out to a tailor with the injunction not to spare the rod .
14 It is wholly against my principles to spare the rod when it is so richly merited, and I shall not do so on this occasion.
15 If you have done this deed I shall chastise you, for it is my duty not to spare the rod , lest I spoil the child.
16 Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says.
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