The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
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.
He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
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. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.
Whoever pampers his servant from childhood will in the end find him his heir.
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