Proverbs 29:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.
  • 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 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14 You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 19:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 23:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

    25Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

  • Prov 17:25
    76%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 27:11
    76%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 29:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

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

    16When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Prov 22:6
    75%

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

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;

  • Prov 15:20
    75%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Job 5:17
    74%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

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

  • Prov 29:18
    74%

    18Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he who keeps the law, happy is he.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 13:24
    73%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

    21He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.

  • Ps 94:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;

    13That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.

  • Prov 1:8
    73%

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 17:6
    72%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Deut 8:5
    72%

    5You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 19:13
    71%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

  • Heb 12:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him:

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

    7If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

  • Job 3:17
    71%

    17There the wicked cease from troubling; there the weary are at rest.

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 28:7
    71%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 6:20
    70%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Ps 127:3
    70%

    3Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.