Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
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