Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope: and let not thy soule spare for his crying.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth hym, chasteneth hym betymes.
Proverbs 23:13Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof:
Proverbs 29:15The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.
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 →