Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son because there is hope, But let not thy soul desire to slay him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17He who hath pity on the poor lendeth to the LORD, And that which he giveth will he repay him.
19A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if thou deliver him, yet must thou do it again.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He that spareth the rod hateth his son; But he who loveth him chasteneth him early.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from a child; If thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself bringeth shame to his mother.
Hebrews 12:7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom the father chasteneth not?
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 →