The rod and reproof; correction and instruction going together. Left to himself; suffered to follow his own will or lusts without restraint and chastening. His mother, and father too; but he names only the mother, either because her indulgence oft spoils the child, or because children commonly stand in least awe of their mothers, and abuse the weakness of their sex, and tenderness of their natures.
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Proverbs 29:15
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.