Proverbs 19:18
Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17Whoever is merciful to the poor lends to the Lord. And he will repay him for his efforts.
19Whoever is impatient will sustain damage. And when it has been taken away, he will set up another.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
Proverbs 23:13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
Hebrews 12:7Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:18
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Here is, I. The duty of charity described. It includes two things:—1. Compassion, which is the inward principle of charity in the heart; it is to have pity on the poor. Those that have not a penny for the poor, yet may have pity for them, a charitable concern and sympathy; and, if a man give all his goods to feed the poor and have not this charity in his heart, it is nothing, 1 Cor. xiii. 3 . We must draw… Read the whole commentary →