Proverbs 23:13

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Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

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He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.

Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.

The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.

Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.

Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?