Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,
and is faithful to their descendants,
to those who keep his covenant,
who are careful to obey his commands.
For I will pour water on the parched ground
and cause streams to flow on the dry land.
I will pour my spirit on your offspring
and my blessing on your children.
All your children will be followers of the Lord,
and your children will enjoy great prosperity.
The one who spares his rod hates his child,
but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
Discipline your child, for there is hope,
but do not set your heart on causing his death.
Train a child in the way that he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
If you strike him with the rod,
you will deliver him from death.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.