Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son, for there is hope; but set not thy heart on his destruction.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and his good deed will He repay unto him.
19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.
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 though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
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 →