Proverbs 19:18

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

Ver. 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope.] See Trapp on " Pro 13:24 "

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

While there is hope - While he is still young, and capable of being reformed. Crying - Better, as in the margin, Do not set thy soul on his d...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Chasten . Correct, or discipline. let not, &c. This is not. caution against excess of severity, but against. cruel kindness which ends in dea...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Let not thy soul spare for his crying - This is a hard precept for a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And let not, &c.— But suffer not thyself to be transported to cause him to die. The LXX read, Chasten thy son, so shall he be hopeful; but b...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Chasten thy son while there is hope - of his being reformed,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV '.. seeing there is hope, And set not thy heart on his destruction.' Not to discipline is to destroy.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And let not thy soul spare for his crying. — Or, but set not thy soul on his destruction. Do not go so far as to kill him in thy zeal for his goo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; whil...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Chasten thy son while there is hope Before custom in sin, and thy indulgence have made him hard-hearted and incorrigible; and let not thy soul spa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. Parents are here cautioned against a foolish indu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

While there is hope; before custom in sin, and thy indulgence, hath made him hard-hearted and incorrigible. Let not thy soul spare, forbear not t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:13 . Calamity . The word so translated is in the plural form, so as to express the continuance of the trouble. MAI...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:18 . Let not thy soul spare for his crying . The translations of most expositors here differ widely from the authoris...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and wh...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, correcting him, if necessary, by corporal punishment, and let not thy soul spare for his crying, lite...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 12:7-10 ; Proverbs 13:24 ; Proverbs 22:15 ; Proverbs 23:13 ; Proverbs 23:14 ; Proverbs 29:15 ; Proverbs 29:17
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

While — Before custom in sin, and thy indulgence have made him incorrigible. Let not — Forbear not to give him due and necessary correction.

¹⁸ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 19:18