The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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

Foolishness {is} bound in the heart of a child; {but} the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}

He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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

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}

He that gathereth in summer {is} a wise son: {but} he that sleepeth in harvest {is} a son that causeth shame.

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}

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become {his} son at the length.

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

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

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

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}

Foolishness {is} bound in the heart of a child; {but} the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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

For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}

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

Whoso keepeth the law {is} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous {men} shameth his father. {is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. {For I...: or, And I will tell him} {vile: or, accursed} {restrained...: Heb. frowned not upon them}

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}

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.