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Meanings of spare the rod in English

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Usage of spare the rod in English
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A froward child, and I trust that Goodman Holbrook will not spare the rod.
The Green Door
2
To spare the rod is to spoil the child.
A Little Girl in Old Salem
3
Indeed, I've advised Juba not to spare the rod.
Lily of the Nile
4
He said there are biblical teachings to apply such as ' spare the rod, spoil the child.'
Radio NZ
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She did not spare the rod.
Ebony
6
The Heavenly Father is impelled by His love not to spare the rod, lest the sparing spoil the child.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
7
But he says there is still the traditional way of thinking that 'if you spare the rod, you spoil the child'.
Radio NZ
8
She was strict and exacting, and had learned from Solomon that to " spare the rod was to spoil the child."
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
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.
American Indian Stories
10
Guy's old man had been a royal bastard, a hard-assed proponent of the " spare the rod, spoil the child" mentality.
The player
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We cling to that oft-misused phrase " spare the rod, spoil the child" to justify leaving our children with bruises and welts.
Ebony
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.
In every heartbeat
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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.
Hero Tales of the Far North
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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.
The Bars of Iron
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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.
Jack and Jill
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Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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