Proverbs 19:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Correct your children before it's too late; if you don't punish them, you are destroying them.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

If you love your children, you will correct them; if you don't love them, you won't correct them.

Proverbs 19:19

People with bad tempers are always in trouble, and they need help over and over again.

Proverbs 22:15

All children are foolish, but firm correction will make them change.

Proverbs 25:28

Losing self-control leaves you as helpless as a city without a wall.

Proverbs 29:15

Correct your children, and they will be wise; children out of control disgrace their mothers.

Proverbs 29:17

If you correct your children, they will bring you peace and happiness.

Deuteronomy 21:18

A father and a mother may have a stubborn and rebellious son who refuses to obey them even after he has been punished.