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Proverbs 19:18
18When your children do wrong things, warn them while you still have the chance. If you do not punish them, you are helping them to go to an early death.
Proverbs 19:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
- New International Version (NIV)Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction.
Context of Proverbs 19:18
16If you obey God's commands, you will keep your life safe. If you do not respect his teaching, you will die. 17If you are kind to poor people, you are lending money to the Lord. He will pay back the debt to you. When your children do wrong things, warn them while you still have the chance. If you do not punish them, you are helping them to go to an early death. 19Anyone who cannot control his anger is always getting into trouble. If you try to help him once, you will have to do it every time. 20Accept advice and good teaching. Then you will become wise one day.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:18 word by word
יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְאֶל־הֲ֝מִית֗וֹ אַל־תִּשָּׂ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:18
- Proverbs 13:24If you do not punish your child, you show that you hate him. If you really love your child, you will punish him when he does something wrong.
- Proverbs 22:15Children love to do foolish things. To stop them, you must warn and punish them.
- Proverbs 23:14Punishment may save them from death.
- Proverbs 29:15If you want your children to be wise, warn them and punish them when they do wrong things. If you let them do anything that they want to do, they will make their mother ashamed.
- Hebrews 12:7When you have troubles in your life, you must be patient and strong. Remember that God is teaching you what is right because you are his children. There has never been any son whose father did not punish him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Let not thy soul spare for his crying - This is a hard precept for a parent. Nothing affects the heart of a parent so much as a child's cries and tears. But it is better that the child may be caused to cry, when the correction may be healthful to his soul, than that the parent should cry afterwards, when the child is grown to man's estate, and his evil habits are sealed for life.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18While there is hope - While he is still young, and capable of being reformed. Crying - Better, as in the margin, Do not set thy soul on his destruction; words which either counsel forbearance in the act of chastisement (compare Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21); or urge that a false clemency is a real cruelty. The latter sense is preferable. The father is warned that to forbear from chastising is virtually to expose the son who needs it to a far worse…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18Verse 18 When parents keep under foolish tenderness, they do their best to render children a comfort to them, and happy in themselves.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Gaining wisdom needs discipline for everyone, including children (see Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10; 15:31–32; 17:10). The short-term sadness from discipline is worth avoiding disaster.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Compare Pr 13:24; 23:13). let not ... spare--literally, "do not lift up thy soul" (Psa 24:4; 25:1), that is, do not desire to his death; a caution to passionate parents against angry chastisement.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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