Proverbs 29:17
Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
In Context
18Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 19:18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
Proverbs 23:13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
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 →