9 Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you. (WEB) 10 Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end. (WEB) 11 Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies. (WEB)
Sirach 30:9–11
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Proverbs 29:20–22
20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 21 A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end. 22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Sirach 13:7–9
7 He will shame you by his delicacies until he has made you bare twice or thrice, and in the end he will laugh you to scorn. Afterward he will see you, will forsake you, and shake his head at you. (WEB) 8 Beware that you are not deceived and brought low in your enjoymen… (WEB)
Sirach 32:21–23
21 Don’t be overconfident on a smooth road. (WEB) 22 Beware of your own children. (WEB) 23 In every work guard your own soul, for this is the keeping of the commandments. (WEB)
Proverbs 19:17–19
17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender. 18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death. 19 A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
Proverbs 17:20–22
20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble. 21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 26:3–5
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 23:12–14
12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. 14 Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Sirach 8:3–5
3 Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire. (WEB) 4 Don’t make fun of a rude man, lest your ancestors be dishonored. (WEB) 5 Don’t reproach a man when he turns from sin. Remember that we are all worthy of punishment. (WEB)
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