Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
In Context
18Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying.
20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, all of you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel 26:21Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do you harm, because my soul was precious in yours eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
Job 5:2For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
Proverbs 25:28He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:19
Miscellaneous Maxims. 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Parents are here cautioned against a foolish indulgence of their children that are untoward and viciously inclined, and that discover such an ill temper of mind as is not likely to be cured but by severity. 1. Do not say that it is all in good time to correct them; no, as soon as ever there appears a corrupt disposition in them check it immediately, before it gets head, and takes root, and is hardened into a… Read the whole commentary →