Proverbs 29:15
The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
Proverbs 17:21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
Proverbs 22:6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
Proverbs 23:13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
Proverbs 29:21If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:15
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. Here is, 1. The duty of magistrates, and that is, to judge faithfully between man and man, and to determine all causes brought before them, according to truth and equity, particularly to take care of the poor, not to countenance them in an unjust cause for the sake of their poverty ( Exod. xxiii. 3 ), but to see that their poverty do not turn to their prejudice if they have a just cause. The rich will look to themselves, but… Read the whole commentary →