Proverbs 19:18

WEB

¹⁸Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

KJV

¹⁸Chasten^[+] thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

BSB

¹⁸Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

FBV

¹⁸Discipline your son while there's still hope, but don't kill him.

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Extra References

Proverbs 13:24

²⁴One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Proverbs 29:15

¹⁵The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Proverbs 22:15

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 23:13-14

¹³Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

⁷It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline? ⁸But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children. ⁹Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? ¹⁰For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Proverbs 29:17

¹⁷Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.