Proverbs 29:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

Correct thy sonne & he will giue thee rest, and will giue pleasures to thy soule.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

    12For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.

    19A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.

    14Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

    15My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24The father of the righteous shal greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.

    25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

    26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

  • Prov 17:25
    76%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Prov 27:11
    76%

    11My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Prov 29:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

    16When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth: but ye righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 22:6
    75%

    6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth,

  • Prov 15:20
    75%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Job 5:17
    74%

    17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Prov 29:18
    74%

    18Where there is no vision, the people decay: but he that keepeth the Lawe, is blessed.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

    4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

  • Prov 13:24
    73%

    24He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • Ps 94:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,

    13That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.

  • Prov 1:8
    73%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • Prov 17:6
    72%

    6Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

  • Deut 8:5
    72%

    5Knowe therefore in thine heart, that as a man nourtereth his sonne, so the Lord thy God nourtereth thee.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • Prov 19:13
    71%

    13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

  • Heb 12:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5And ye haue forgotten the consolation, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him.

    6For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:

    7If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not?

  • Job 3:17
    71%

    17The wicked haue there ceased from their tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 28:7
    71%

    7He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Prov 6:20
    70%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.

  • Ps 127:3
    70%

    3Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.