parental discipline

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

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

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

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.

⁷Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?

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

¹⁴You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.

¹³Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

⁶For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.

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

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

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

³⁰The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.

¹And he said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to him through whom they come! ²It would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.

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.