He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. {for...: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die}

Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

For they verily for a few days chastened {us} after their own pleasure; but he for {our} profit, that {we} might be partakers of his holiness. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. {desires: Gr. wills}

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. {for...: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die}

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so {do} stripes the inward parts of the belly. {cleanseth...: Heb. is a purging medicine against}

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. {as soon...: Heb. from the belly}

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also {was a} very goodly {man}; and {his mother} bare him after Absalom. {at any...: Heb. from his days}

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth {are} vanity. {sorrow: or, anger}

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and {that}, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {be} pure, and whether {it be} right.