The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Ab´salom.
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive 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 thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.