²⁴ Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children.
    Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.

¹⁷ Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind
    and will make your heart glad.

¹³ Don’t fail to discipline your children.
    The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
¹⁴ Physical discipline
    may well save them from death.^[a]

¹⁵ To discipline a child produces wisdom,
    but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.

¹⁸ Discipline your children while there is hope.
    Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

¹⁵ A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
    but physical discipline will drive it far away.

¹² For the Lord corrects those he loves,
    just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.^[a]

⁶ For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
    and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”^[a]

³⁶ But those who miss me injure themselves.
    All who hate me love death.”