Proverbs 19:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ Teach your son and punish him when he is wrong. That is the only hope. If you refuse to do this, then you are helping him destroy himself.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 13:24

If a person truly loves his children, then he will correct them when they are wrong. If you love your son, then you will be careful to teach him the right way.

Proverbs 19:19

A person with a short temper must pay the price. The more you get him out of trouble, the worse he becomes.

Proverbs 22:15

Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.

Proverbs 25:28

A person that can’t control himself is like a city without walls to protect it.

Proverbs 29:15

Spankings and teachings are good for children. If parents let a child do whatever he wants, then he will bring shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Punish your son when he is wrong, then you will always be proud of him. He will never make you ashamed.

Deuteronomy 21:18

“A man might have a son who is stubborn and refuses to obey. This son doesn’t obey his father or mother. They punish the son, but he still refuses to listen to them.