Proverbs 29:15 · KJV
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.”
— Proverbs 29:15
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Proverbs 29 — Context
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. {the deceitful...: or, the usurer}
14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.
16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son {is} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness {is} bound in the heart of a child; {but} the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool {doeth it} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 23:13-14
Withhold not correction from the child: for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.