discipline kids
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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.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
15Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
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.
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.
13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.