¹⁷ Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

²⁴ He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

¹⁸ Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; `But' the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child; `For' if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

¹⁴ Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.