Proverbs 29:17 (BSB)

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

From Proverbs 29. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 29:17

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 29:17: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 29:17: Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest,.... Ease of mind, satisfaction and contentment, freedom from all anxious thoughts and cares; the correction being taken in good part, and succeeding according to wish and design; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul; by his tenderness to his parents, obedience to them, and respect for them; by his prudent behaviour among men; by his...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 29:17: (Compare Pro 29:3, Pro 29:15; Pro 19:18). give thee rest--peace and quiet (compare Pro 29:9).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 29:17: Pro 29:17 17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee delight, And afford pleasure to thy soul. The lxx well translates ויניחך by καὶ ἀναπαύσει σε; הניח denotes rest properly, a breathing again, ἀνάψυξις; and then, with an obliteration of the idea of restraint so far, generally (like the Arab. araḥ, compared by Fleischer) to afford pleasure or delight. The post.-bibl.