Proverbs 19:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Chasten thy son while there is hope, And let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Discipline your children while there is hope, but don’t plan to kill them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.

Proverbs 19:18 Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Proverbs 25:28

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.