Proverbs 19:18
Chastise thy son, for there is hope; and let not thy soul spare [him] for his crying.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17He lendeth unto the Lord that is liberal to the poor, and his good deed will he repay unto him.
19A man of great fury must suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, thou must still do it again.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He that withholdeth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chastiseth him betimes.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not from a lad correction; for if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof impart wisdom; but a lad abandoned to himself bringeth shame on 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 →