Child Discipline

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

For a lamp <FI>is<Fi> the command, And the law a light, And a way of life <FI>are<Fi> reproofs of instruction,

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →