¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

¹³ Don’t withhold correction from a child.
    If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
¹⁴ Punish him with the rod,
    and save his soul from Sheol.^[a]

¹⁵ The rod of correction gives wisdom,
    but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

¹⁷ Correct your son, and he will give you peace;
    yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

¹⁹ A servant can’t be corrected by words.
    Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

²¹ He who pampers his servant from youth
    will have him become a son in the end.