Proverbs 29:17
Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
In Context
16When the impious are multiplied, crimes will be multiplied. But the just shall see their ruin.
18When prophecy fails, the people will be scattered. Yet truly, whoever guards the law is blessed.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 19:18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
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.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:17
16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. Note, 1. The more sinners there are the more sin there is: When the wicked, being countenanced by authority, grow numerous, and walk on every side, no marvel if transgression increases, as a plague in the country is said to increase when still more and more are infected with it. Transgression grows more impudent and bold, more imperious and threatening, when there are many to keep it in countenance. In the old… Read the whole commentary →