Proverbs 29:17-19

The Message

¹⁷ Discipline your children; you’ll be glad you did—
    they’ll turn out delightful to live with.

¹⁸ If people can’t see what God is doing,
    they stumble all over themselves;
But when they attend to what he reveals,
    they are most blessed.

¹⁹ It takes more than talk to keep workers in line;
    mere words go in one ear and out the other.