¹⁸ Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

²⁶ Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

¹ <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

² Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

³ Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

⁴ We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

⁵ He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

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

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

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

⁸ My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

⁹ For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

³ See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

³ Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

⁴ We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

⁵ He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

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

⁸ By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

⁹ Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

¹⁰ The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

¹¹ Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

¹² What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

¹⁴ But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

¹⁵ And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

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

¹⁴ But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;

¹⁵ And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

¹ Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

⁴ And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

⁷ It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

²⁰ Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

²¹ Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

²² Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

³ For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

¹¹ Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

⁴ We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

⁵ He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

⁶ So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

⁷ So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

⁸ And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

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.

¹⁵ My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

¹⁹ The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

¹³ And all your builders will be made wise by the Lord; and great will be the peace of your children.