Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;\par\tab {\i But} the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son;\par\tab But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;\par\tab And set not thy heart on his destruction.
The rod and reproof give wisdom;\par\tab But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest;\par\tab Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity;\par\tab And in sin did my mother conceive me.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;\par\tab And strokes {\i reach} the innermost parts.\par