Proverbs 29:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Instruct your children; they will give you peace of mind and bring delight into your life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Instruct thy son, and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.

Proverbs 29:17 Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

Proverbs 13:24

Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.