Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
King James Version
In Context
19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Hebrews 12:7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
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 →