Proverbs 29:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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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 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; But a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; Don't be a willing party to his death.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 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 19:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18Discipline your son, for there is hope; Don't be a willing party to his death.

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

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    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 23:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

    25Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

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

  • Prov 17:25
    76%

    25A foolish son brings 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 brings grief to his mother.

  • Prov 27:11
    76%

    11Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

  • Prov 29:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

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

    16When the wicked increase, sin increases; But the righteous will see their downfall.

  • 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 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 15:20
    75%

    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 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    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 29:18
    74%

    18Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But one who keeps the law is blessed.

  • Eph 6:4
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:24
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

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

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

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

  • Ps 94:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;

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

  • Prov 1:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:6
    72%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; The glory of children are their parents.

  • Prov 17:2
    72%

    2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, And shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Deut 8:5
    72%

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

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:1
    72%

    1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.

  • Prov 19:13
    71%

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

  • Heb 12:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    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?

  • Job 3:17
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    71%

    14So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; If you have found it, then there will be a reward, Your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 28:7
    71%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; But he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

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

  • Prov 6:20
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:25
    70%

    25But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, And a rich blessing will come on them.

  • Ps 127:3
    70%

    3Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.