Ps. 5-7 [The Message]

David sounds this warning to men … your mischief will backfire on you.

As the Headmaster of Trinity Christian School, I held a goal of training young boys to behave and conduct themselves appropriately. If we could help the mischief be ironed out of their soul, we could be preventing the consequences of mischief in their future … when their wives, mothers, children, employees etc. could be spared the devastation caused by mischief.

This is why children need to learn (even the hard way) that mischief is penalized and good behavior is rewarded.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [Pr. 22:15]

Note: I didn’t spank any children. Hopefully, some of them got it when they went home to parents who were Biblically focused on how they would turn out.