²⁴ One who spares the rod hates his son, But one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

¹⁵ The rod of correction gives wisdom, But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

¹⁸ Discipline your son, for there is hope; Don't be a willing party to his death.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him.

¹³ Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

¹⁴ Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol.

¹⁷ Correct your son, and he will give you peace; Yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

¹² For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

⁶ For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."

⁷ It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

⁸ But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."

²⁶ "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.