Proverbs 19:18

World English Bible (2000)

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
  • Heb 12:7-9 : 7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children. 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:24
    82%

    24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

  • Prov 19:19
    80%

    19A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

    12for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 29:17
    79%

    17Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Prov 23:12-15
    4 verses
    78%

    12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

    13Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

    14Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

    15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, 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%

    5You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

  • Heb 12:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

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

    7It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

    8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.

  • Prov 19:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

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

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:15
    76%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

  • Eph 6:4
    75%

    4You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 29:15
    75%

    15The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

  • Prov 17:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

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

    26Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

  • Prov 15:20
    74%

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

  • Job 5:17
    74%

    17"Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Prov 1:8
    73%

    8My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

  • Prov 23:19
    73%

    19Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

  • Job 36:18
    73%

    18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Prov 27:11
    72%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Prov 13:1
    72%

    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 29:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

    21He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

  • Prov 6:20
    72%

    20My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

  • Hos 13:13
    72%

    13The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.

  • Ezek 18:14
    72%

    14Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;

  • Col 3:21
    72%

    21Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

  • Prov 19:13
    72%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 23:26
    71%

    26My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

  • Prov 23:22
    71%

    22Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 10:1
    71%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

    5A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Prov 20:20
    71%

    20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Prov 1:15
    70%

    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 4:20
    70%

    20My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.