Every child is full of foolishness, but punishment can get rid of it.
No one can bring something clean from something dirty.
I was brought into this world in sin. In sin my mother gave birth to me.
If you do not punish your children, you don’t love them, but if you love your children, you will correct them.
Correct your children while there is still hope; do not let them destroy themselves.
Hard punishment will get rid of evil, and whippings can change an evil heart.
Correction and punishment make children wise, but those left alone will disgrace their mother.
Correct your children, and you will be proud; they will give you satisfaction.
Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from the Spirit.
In the past all of us lived like them, trying to please our sinful selves and doing all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.