Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow 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.
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
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