Proverbs 19:18
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 reoof 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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24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
- Prov 3:11-122 verses80%
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
- Deut 21:18-192 verses79%
18 If 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:
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elrs of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
- Prov 23:12-154 verses78%
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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5 Thou shalt also consir in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
- Heb 12:5-84 verses76%
5 And 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:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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.
- Prov 19:26-272 verses76%
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reoach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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15 The rod and reoof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike inces for equity.
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20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
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8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reoacheth me.
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1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
- Prov 29:20-212 verses72%
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
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17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he suld not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
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14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
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21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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1 The overbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reoof is udent.
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20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.