Proverbs 29:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.