Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. The rod of discipline (instruction) will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.
Proverbs 19:18
Correct your son while there is hope. Do not contribute to his death.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Do not withhold discipline from a child. If you spank him with a stick he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Job 14:4
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
Psalm 51:5
Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you rest. Yes, he will give you delight.
John 3:6
That which is born from the flesh is flesh and that which is born from the Spirit is spirit.
Ephesians 2:3
We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.
Hebrews 12:10-11
They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.