Disciplining A Child

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 →

Jesus wept.

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

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

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

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

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

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

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted;