Disciplining Children

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  1. He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
  2. No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
  3. Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
  4. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
  5. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
  6. Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
  7. A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
  8. Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
  9. Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.