The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Avshalom.
The proverbs of Shlomo. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Correct your son, and he will give you shalom; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.