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15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
    he will give delight to your heart.

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19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
    for though he understands, he will not give heed.

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21 He who pampers his servant from childhood,
    will in the end find him his heir.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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