Proverbs 19:18

The Message

Discipline your children while you still have the chance; indulging them destroys them.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

A refusal to correct is a refusal to love; love your children by disciplining them.

Proverbs 19:19

Let angry people endure the backlash of their own anger; if you try to make it better, you’ll only make it worse.

Proverbs 22:15

Young people are prone to foolishness and fads; the cure comes through tough-minded discipline.

Proverbs 25:28

A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out.

Proverbs 29:15

Wise discipline imparts wisdom; spoiled adolescents embarrass their parents.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your children; you’ll be glad you did— they’ll turn out delightful to live with.

Deuteronomy 21:18

When a man has a stubborn son, a real rebel who won’t do a thing his mother and father tell him, and even though they discipline him he still won’t obey, his father and mother shall forcibly bring him before the leaders at the city gate and say to the city fathers, “This son of ours is a stubborn rebel; he won’t listen to a thing we say. He’s a glutton and a drunk.”