Hi this is Tutor Nick p and this is Proverbs
248. The proverb today is a very, very famous one. "Spare the rod
and spoil the child. " Okay. Let me step back for a second.
Anybody want a screenshot now. Let's get right to it.
If a person says spare the rod and spoil the child,
he or she means that if one does not discipline
or punish a child when he or she misbehaves the child will never learn
obedience or have proper manners. All right. Let's continue.
In this proverb, if one spares something, it means one prevents someone from
experiencing something unpleasant or painful. Yeah. A
lot of times we say that . like you know , spare me this or
spare me that. It basically means you know, don't don't let
me have to suffer this unpleasant thing. All right. Let's continue. So in this case
spare prevents one from using the rod. The rod is a long stick.
It's a long stick or bar that in the past a child might have been
spanked with in order to teach obedience.
Spoil means it could mean to make worse it could mean to ruin.
But we also say a spoiled child is one who behaves badly because he
or she has always been given what they want and probably they have
never really been disciplined. That's where the key part
comes in. All right. Let's continue. There are two theories to the origin.
The first one comes from the King James Version of the Bible.
"The Book of Proverbs 13: 24.. Here is the quote.
"He that spareth his rod. So spareth is an old version of spare so " he that spareth
his rod, hateth his son. So according to his Bible
saying that if you don't do this you know, it kind of shows that you
dislike him, you hate your son because you know, you're letting him become
ruined. "But he that loveth him chastenth
him betimes. " Okay. Let's continue here. Chasten means to correct by punishment
or discipline and betimes is old use for in good time or speedily, quickly. So you
will do it quickly to look to make them learn good manners.
Okay. Let's continue. The second theory comes from a 17th
century poem by Samuel Butler called "Hudibras. " The poem is supposed
to be about a love affair that is compared to
a child and spanking is mockingly you know, in kind of a funny
way praised as a way to make the love grow
stronger. Okay. Here is the quote. "What medicine else can cure the
fits of lovers when they lose their wits. When
they well lose their reason I guess. Lose their
wits. Love is a boy by poets styled,
then spare the rod and spoil the child. " Okay. I mean they both are very connected
to it. I mean the second one has got it down perfectly.
Spare the rod and spoil the child, but the first one from the Bible also
really has the idea. Maybe Samuel butler got some of his idea
from the Bible too. Who knows ? So it's worth
mentioning both here. Anyway, we just have one example to
show this one today. And here it is. You have to
discipline your child if you don't you will end up with a
spoiled brat. That's the way we usually say it.
Remember spare the rod and spoil the child.
Okay great. I hope you got it I hope it was informative. I hope it was food for
thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.