Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
Proverbs 13:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early. [Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13; 29:15, 17.] American Standard Version (1901) He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Common English Bible Those who withhold the rod hate their children, but the one who loves them applies discipline. Catholic Public Domain Version He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes. |
Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
“If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.