The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man; and he was born next after Absalom.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but 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.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.