17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. …
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17)Note, 1. It is a very happy thing when children prove the comfort of their parents. Good children are so; they give them rest , make them easy, and free from the many cares they have had concerning them; yea , they give delight unto their souls . It is a pleasure to parents, which none know but those that are blessed with it, to see the happy fruit of the good education they have given their child…
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