Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.
Proverbs 13:24
He who withholds the rod [of discipline] hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines and trains him diligently and appropriately [with wisdom and love].
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline and teach your son while there is hope,
And do not [indulge your anger or resentment by imposing inappropriate punishment nor] desire his destruction.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Do not withhold discipline from the child;
If you
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof (godly instruction) give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Psalm 51:5
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
Yes, he will delight your soul.
John 3:6
Ephesians 2:3
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of
Hebrews 12:10-11
For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
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He who withholds the rod [of discipline] hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines and trains him diligently and appropriately [with wisdom and love].
Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts,
Whether his conduct is pure and right.
You shall
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
Yes, he will delight your soul.