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Proverbs 29

Prov. 29:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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yacar (Hebrew #3256)
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Pronounce: yaw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
thy son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and he shall give thee rest
nuwach (Hebrew #5117)
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
KJV usage: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare 3241.
Pronounce: noo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
; yea, he shall give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
delight
ma`adan (Hebrew #4574)
from 5727; a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)
KJV usage: dainty, delicately, delight.
Pronounce: mah-ad-awn'
Origin: or (feminine) maadannah {mah-ad-an-naw'}
unto thy soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 29:15• 15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. (Prov. 29:15)
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Prov. 13:24• 24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. (Prov. 13:24)
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Prov. 19:18• 18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. (Prov. 19:18)
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Prov. 22:15• 15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Prov. 22:15)
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Prov. 23:13‑14• 13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
 14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Prov. 23:13‑14)
• Nothing, perhaps, so causes one to realize his own failures and shortcomings as to see them duplicated in his children; and nothing, therefore, makes one feel more keenly the need of divine grace and wisdom in dealing with them. But the word is sure. Let the father and mother exercise a firm but kindly discipline, and God has pledged Himself that it shall bear goodly fruit. The son corrected shall give rest to the heart and delight to the soul. (“Proverbs Twenty-Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.