Vines

Many cucumbers, winter squash and tomatoes grow on vines.

Without a stationary fence, support or boundary, these vines will grow all over the place.

Do not move the ancient boundary which your fathers have set. Prov. 22:28

Those vines send out tendrils just searching for a support, a boundary. They will reach for whatever they can find to attach to.

For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. Phil. 2:21

They must be trained back to the boundary or support system.

Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.

Prov. 22:6

Sometimes a vine will even break during the training process, but it is rarely damaging to the plant. In fact, it continues to thrive.

Don't be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won't kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death. Prov. 23:14

When fruiting vines are grown on a trellis or other support, there is less chance for rotting or disease. The fruit will be healthy.

So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Gal. 6:9

Think there's an analogy here?