Proverbs 19:18

American Standard Version (1901)

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
  • Heb 12:7-9 : 7 It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 13:24
    82%

    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Prov 19:19
    80%

    19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver [him], thou must do it yet again.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

    12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Prov 29:17
    79%

    17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

    19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

  • Prov 23:12-15
    4 verses
    78%

    12Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

    13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

    15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

  • Prov 22:6
    77%

    6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Deut 8:5
    76%

    5And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

  • Heb 12:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

    6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

    7It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?

    8But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:15
    76%

    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

  • Prov 17:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

    26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

  • Prov 15:20
    74%

    20A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Job 5:17
    74%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Prov 1:8
    73%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 23:19
    73%

    19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

  • Job 36:18
    73%

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 29:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

    21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

  • Prov 6:20
    72%

    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Hos 13:13
    72%

    13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • Ezek 18:14
    72%

    14Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and feareth, and doeth not such like;

  • Col 3:21
    72%

    21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

  • Prov 19:13
    72%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 23:26
    71%

    26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 20:20
    71%

    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 1:15
    70%

    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 4:20
    70%

    20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.