Proverbs 19:18

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Chasten	יַסֵּ֣ר ya.Ser	H3256	to chastise · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
son	בִּ֭נְךָ Bin.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
is	יֵ֣שׁ yesh	H3426	there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
hope	תִּקְוָ֑ה tik.Vah	H8615	literally a cord (as an attachment) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
soul	נַפְשֶֽׁךָ naf.She.kha	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
spare	תִּשָּׂ֥א ti.Sa'	H5375	to lift · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
crying	הֲ֝מִית֗וֹ ha.mi.To	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13-14 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Hebrews 12:7-10 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:18

Parents are here cautioned against a foolish indulgence of their children that are untoward and viciously inclined, and that discover such an ill temper of mind as is not likely to be cured but by severity. 1. Do not say that it is all in good time to correct them; no, as soon as ever there appears a corrupt disposition in them check it immediately, before it gets head, and takes root, and is hardened into a habit: Chasten thy son while there is hope, for perhaps, if he be let alone awhile, he will be past hope, and a much greater chastening will not do that which now a less would effect. It is easiest plucking up weeds as soon as they spring up, and the bullock that is designed for the yoke…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 19:18

(Compare Pro 13:24; Pro 23:13). let not . . . spare--literally, "do not lift up thy soul" (Psa 24:4; Psa 25:1), that is, do not desire to his death; a caution to passionate parents against angry chastisement.

John Gill on Proverbs 19:18

Chasten thy son while there is hope,.... Of guiding and keeping him in the right way, as long as corrections are or can be hoped to be of use; while in a state of infancy, childhood, and youth; while under parental government; and before habits in sin are grown strong, and the case become desperate, and he is hardened, and proof against all instruction and discipline; and let not thy soul spare for his crying; the noise he makes, the tears he sheds, the entreaties he uses to keep off the rod; let not a foolish pity and tenderness prevail to lay it aside on that account the consequence of which may be bad to parent and child; see Proverbs 13:24. The Targum is, "but unto his death do not lif…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 19:17-21

These verses we take together. But we have no other reason for making a pause at Pro 19:21, than that Pro 19:22 is analogous to Pro 19:17, and thus presents itself to us as an initial verse. Pro 19:17 17 He lendeth to Jahve who is compassionate to the lowly, And his bounty He requites to him. As at Pro 14:31, חונן is part. Kal. The Masoretically exact form of the word is חונן (as ואוזל, Pro 20:14) with Mercha on the first syllable, on which the tone is thrown back, and the העמדה on the second. The Roman legal phrase, mutui datione contrahitur obligatio, serves to explain the fundamental conception of לוה, mutuo accipere, and הלוה, mutuum dare (vid., Pro 22:7). The construction, Exo 22:24, "t…

The Church Fathers

"He who is patient will sustain loss," etc. For if provoked by the hardness of the opposing brother, whom you began to teach, you fall into the vice of impatience, you indeed incur the loss of your own virtue. And when by scolding him too harshly, you snatch away the hope of obtaining salvation and fulfilling repentance that he had, you will give an account for having scandalized your brother to the strict judge. The sense of the text is clear, because he who by impatience serves the theft of poverty or robbery, causes harm to his own soul, and when he takes the property of his neighbor; and if not to man through this, surely he will have to give an account to the eternal judge. Hence another version has translated this verse as: A man thinking evil will be afflicted with much loss; and if he is pernicious, he will also add his soul, because evidently, when he violently takes away money, he will unwillingly give his life for it.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Parents · Their duty to their children is: To correct them — Their duty to their children is: To correct them

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 19:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 19:18

John Gill on Proverbs 19:18

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 19:17-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 19:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 19:18

John Gill on Proverbs 19:18

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 19:17-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 19:18

Rashi on Proverbs 19:18