Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
World English Bible British
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 has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.
19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
Proverbs 23:13Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Hebrews 12:7It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t 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 →