Proverbs 29:17

If you discipline your children, they will no longer do things that will cause you to be worried; instead, they will do things that will delight you [SYN].

Translation for Translators

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 wicked people rule, there are more crimes committed {people commit more crimes}, but some day those wicked people will ◄be defeated/no longer rule►, and righteous people will see that happen.

18When the people of a nation do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. God is pleased with those who obey his laws.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:1These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.

Proverbs 19:18Discipline your children while they are young, while you still hope that they will learn to behave as they should; if you do not discipline them, you are helping them to destroy themselves.

Proverbs 23:13Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,

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 →

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