The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
Instruct thy son, and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.
He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes.
A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.
He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.