Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked are increased, transgression increases, but the righteous shall look upon their fall.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
In Context
15The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.
Cross References
Psalms 37:34Wait for LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land. When sinners are cut off, thou shall see it.
Psalms 58:10A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
Psalms 92:9For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish. All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 112:8His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, [even] until he looks over his adversaries.
Revelation 15:4Who will, no, not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name, because thou alone are holy? Because all the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous deeds were made known.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:16
Parental Discipline. 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Parents, in educating their children, must consider, 1. The benefit of due correction. They must not only tell their children what is good and evil, but they must chide them, and correct them too, if need be, when they either neglect that which is good or do that which is evil. If a reproof will serve without the rod, it is well, but the rod must never be used without a rational and grave reproof; and… Read the whole commentary →