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⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

¹³As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.

⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

¹¹And you know the manner, with each one of you, like a father with his sons, ¹²in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.

⁶And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with anathema.

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹¹My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him. ¹²For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.

¹Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. ²I will bestow upon you a good gift. Do not relinquish my law. ³For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother. ⁴And he taught me, and he also said: “Let your heart accept my words. Keep my precepts, and you shall live.

⁷Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct? ⁸But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons. ⁹Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live? ¹⁰And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification. ¹¹Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.

⁶Sons of sons are the crown of old age. And the glory of sons is their fathers.

¹⁴I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men. ¹⁵But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.

²⁰And rising up, he went to his father. But while he was still at a distance, his father saw him, and he was moved with compassion, and running to him, he fell upon his neck and kissed him. ²¹And the son said to him: ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. Now I am not worthy to be called your son.’ ²²But the father said to his servants: ‘Quickly! Bring out the best robe, and clothe him with it. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. ²³And bring the fatted calf here, and kill it. And let us eat and hold a feast. ²⁴For this son of mine was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to feast.

²⁴The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.

⁶And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart. ⁷And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up. ⁸And you shall bind them like a sign on your hand, and they shall be placed and shall move between your eyes. ⁹And you shall write them at the threshold and on the doors of your house.

⁹Or what man is there among you, who, if his son were to ask him for bread, would offer him a stone; ¹⁰or if he were to ask him for a fish, would offer him a snake? ¹¹Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him?

¹²For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.

³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb. ⁴Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out. ⁵Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

²²Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.