This passage reminds the parent to maintain faithfulness and consistency in parenting. It is also an encouragement to take and trust God at His word. There are many reasons we might neglect faithful parenting, which includes the rod of corrective discipline. Spanking, as the rod is often called, is outdated. It is considered evil by society. It requires more effort than a yell across the room. It could be seen as unsympathetic. Again, there are many reasons to ignore God’s instruction for corrective discipline. But let God be true and every man a liar. As Solomon maintains, it is not correction that destroys. It is the forsaking of discipline that destroys. God, as the most faithful parent, would never consider giving up on chastising His children. Why? Because He knows our natures. He perfectly understands that without His loving hand of correction, we would always find trouble, trouble from which we cannot extricate ourselves.