The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a boy sent off causes shame to his mother.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight to your soul.
He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him early.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
And his father had not displeased him at any time, saying, Why have you done so? And he also was very good of form, and his mother bore him after Absalom.
He pampering his servant from youth, that one in his latter days shall be his successor.
Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.