Level 1: Encourage proper behavior (e.g., Prov. 3:13–15; 4:7–8). Level 2: Inform of improper behavior (Prov. 1:10–15; 3:31–32). Level 3: Explain the negative consequences of sin (Prov. 1:18–19; 5:3–6). Level 4: Gently exhort (Prov. 4:1–2; 14, 16). Level 5: Gently rebuke or reprove (Prov. 3:12; 24:24–25). Level 6: Apply corporal punishment that doesn’t cause physical harm (Prov. 19:18; 13:24; 23:13–14; 29:15).
