Proverbs 29:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

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

Proverbs 13:24

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

Proverbs 19:18

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

Proverbs 22:15

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

Proverbs 29:15

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