Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive 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? There is not one.
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