Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your children and they won't give you any worries; they will make you very happy.
Free Bible 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 wicked are in power, sin increases; but the good will see their downfall.
18Without a revelation from God, the people go out of control, but those who keep the law are happy.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1Solomon's proverbs. A wise son makes his father happy, but a stupid son only brings his mother grief.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son while there's still hope, but don't kill him.
Proverbs 23:13Don't keep from disciplining your children—a beating won't kill them.
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 →