For I have declared to him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he has known, because his sons are being despicable, and he has not restrained them.

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

Do not withhold correction from a lad, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from Sheol.

The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a lad set loose brings shame to his mother.

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him.

For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and whips every son whom He receives.

And he had a choice and handsome son whose name was Saul. There was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

So they ran and brought him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

Now in all Israel there was no one as handsome as Absalom, and highly praised. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widowed wife of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;