raising your children

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.

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

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

³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

¹⁹For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him.”

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.

⁸Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother, ⁹so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

¹²But before all things, my brothers, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word ‘Yes’ be yes, and your word ‘No’ be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.