Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Hebrews 12:7Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
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 →