Proverbs 19:18

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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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 bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound 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 beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
  • Heb 12:7-9 : 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 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 suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Prov 29:17
    79%

    17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened 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 thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

    13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 22:6
    77%

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

  • Deut 8:5
    76%

    5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

  • Heb 12:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

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

    7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

    8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:15
    76%

    15Foolishness is bound 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 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • 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 just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

  • 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 thine heart in the way.

  • Job 36:18
    73%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • 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 scorner 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 his son at the length.

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Prov 6:20
    72%

    20My son, keep thy father's commandment, 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 he should not stay long 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 considereth, and doeth not such like,

  • Col 3:21
    72%

    21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be 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 thine heart, and let thine eyes observe 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 instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 20:20
    71%

    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure 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.