¹⁵ The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

¹ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

¹⁵ Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

¹⁷ Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

⁶ If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

²¹ He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

²⁴ He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

¹⁰ For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

¹¹ At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

²¹ If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

¹³ Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

¹⁴ Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

⁵ He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.

⁶ Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.