1Sa 2:23-25, 1Ki 1:6, Pro 19:18, 23:13-14, 29:15, Mat 10:37 | ESV | STEP | And he said to them, Why do you do such things ? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people .

1 Samuel 2:23-25

23 And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. 24 No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. 25 If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, ^afor it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

1 Kings 1:6

6 His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, ^band he was born next after Absalom.

Proverbs 19:18

18 ^cDiscipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on ^dputting him to death.

Proverbs 23:13-14

13 Do not withhold ^ediscipline from a child;
^fif you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
you will ^gsave his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 29:15

15 ^hThe rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself ⁱbrings shame to his mother.

Matthew 10:37

37 ^jWhoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.