Proverbs 19:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.

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 19:19

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

Proverbs 22:15

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

Proverbs 25:28

He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall.

Proverbs 29:15

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

Proverbs 29:17

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

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 though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them: