discipline of children

²⁴He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

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.

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

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. ¹⁵My son, if your soul will become wise, my heart will be glad with you.

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

¹⁵Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

¹⁷Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.

¹⁵The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.

¹⁸Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.

¹Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.

¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just. ²Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: ³so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth. ⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

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

¹A wise son is the doctrine of his father. But he who ridicules does not listen when he is reproved.

⁵And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.” ⁶For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges. 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.

³²Whoever rejects discipline despises his own soul. But whoever agrees to correction is a possessor of the heart.

⁵A fool laughs at the discipline of his father. But whoever preserves rebukes will become astute. In abundant justice, there is very great virtue. But the intentions of the impious will be eradicated.

²³For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.

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.

¹⁷The way of life is for those who observe discipline. But whoever abandons correction wanders astray.