Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Hebrews 12:7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
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 →