Proverbs 19:18
יַסֵּר בִּנְךָ כִּי ־ יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְאֶל ־ הֲמִיתוֹ אַל ־ תִּשָּׂא נַפְשֶֽׁךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17מַלְוֵה יְהוָה חוֹנֵֽן דָּל וּגְמֻלוֹ יְשַׁלֶּם ־ לֽוֹ ׃
19גרל ־ חֵמָה נֹשֵׂא עֹנֶשׁ כִּי אִם ־ תַּצִּיל וְעוֹד תּוֹסִֽף ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ וְאֹהֲבוֹ שִֽׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָֽר ׃
Proverbs 23:13אַל ־ תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר כִּֽי ־ תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט לֹא יָמֽוּת ׃
Proverbs 29:15שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ ׃
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 →