“As small children who are negligent in learning become more attentive and obedient after being punished by their teacher or tutor, and as they do not listen before the lash, but, after feeling the pain of a beating, hear and respond as though their ears were just recently opened, improving also in memory, so likewise…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILY ON THE BEGINNING OF PROVERBS 5
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14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
— Proverbs 23:14 —
15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.