¹⁷ Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

²⁴ Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

¹⁵ A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

¹ Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.

¹⁸ Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

¹³ Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

¹⁴ Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.