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Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

KJV

Erudi filium tuum, et refrigerabit te, et dabit delicias animæ tuæ.

Vulgate

παίδευε υἱόν σου καὶ ἀναπαύσει σε, καὶ δώσει κόσμον τῇ ψυχῇ σου.

LXX

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

ASV

יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְ/ךָ וִֽ/ינִיחֶ֑/ךָ וְ/יִתֵּ֖ן מַעֲדַנִּ֣ים לְ/נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הֵנִ֨יחַ
hnych
verb · 67×
י
y
noun · 752×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַעֲדַנֹּ֑ת
m'dnt
noun · 4×
נִי
ny
verb · 43×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
  • Deut 21:20 — And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
  • Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
  • Heb 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
  • Prov 3:12 — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Prov 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Prov 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
  • Prov 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
  • Prov 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Prov 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.