Proverbs 29:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.

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

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