spare-the-rod's

Updated: May 17, 2025

And young Obstinate, having been born like Job's wild ass's colt, grew up to be a man like David's unbitted and unbridled mule, till in after life he became the author of all the evil and mischief that is associated in our minds with his evil name. In old Spare-the-Rod's child also this true proverb was fulfilled, that the child is the father of the man.

Alexander Whyte - Bunyan Characters (1st Series)