The rod and reproof give wisdom;\par\tab But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
A foolish son is a grief to his father,\par\tab And bitterness to her that bare him.
Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest;\par\tab Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son;\par\tab But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
The proverbs of Solomon.\par\par\tab A wise son maketh a glad father;\par\tab But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Train up a child in the way he should go,\par\tab And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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 begetteth a fool {\i doeth it} to his sorrow;\par\tab And the father of a fool hath no joy.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son;\par\tab {\i But} he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child\par\tab Shall have him become a son at the last.
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope;\par\tab And set not thy heart on his destruction.