While there is hope - While he is still young, and capable of being reformed.

Crying - Better, as in the margin, 'Do not set y…

And let not your soul spare for his crying.— Or, but do not set your soul on his destruction. Do not go so far a…

Chasten your son while there is hope
Of guiding and keeping him in the right way, as long as corrections are or can b…

When parents restrain foolish tenderness, they do their best to make children a comfort to them, and happy in themselves.