Proverbs 19:18

Teach thy son, and despair thou not; but set thou not thy soul to the slaying of him (or but do not thou beat him).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

In Context

17He that hath mercy on a poor man, lendeth to the Lord, (or He who hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord); and he shall yield his while to him.

19Forsooth he that is unpatient, shall suffer harm; and when he hath ravished (one thing), he shall lay to another thing. (He who is ill-tempered, shall suffer harm; thou shalt help him once, and then thou shalt need to help him again, and again.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:24He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but he that loveth him, teacheth busily, (or but he who loveth him, busily teacheth him).

Proverbs 23:13Do not thou withdraw chastising, ( or discipline), from a child; for though thou smitest him with a rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 29:15A rod and chastising shall give wisdom; but a child, that is left to his own will, shameth his mother.

Hebrews 12:7Abide ye still in chastising; God proffereth him (self) to you as to sons [+or Last ye therefore in discipline; God offereth him (self) to you as to sons]. For what son is it, whom the father chastiseth 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 →

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