Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son while there is hope 1 and do not set your desire on putting him to death. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17Whoever is kind to the poor lends to Yahweh 1 and he will repay him for what he has done. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24The one who does not discipline his son hates him, 1 but one who loves his son is careful to instruct him. 1
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold instruction from a child, 1 for if you discipline him, he will not die. 1
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom, 1 but a child freed from discipline puts his mother to shame. 1
Hebrews 12:7Endure suffering as discipline. God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
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 →