Proverbs 29:15
The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
In Context
14The king who judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be secured in eternity.
16When the impious are multiplied, crimes will be multiplied. But the just shall see their ruin.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6Neither did his father chastise him at any time, saying, “Why have you done this?” Now he, too, was very beautiful, the second in birth, after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.
Proverbs 17:21A foolish one is born into his own disgrace. But his father will not rejoice in one who is senseless.
Proverbs 22:6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
Proverbs 23:13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:21Whoever nurtures his servant delicately from childhood, afterwards will find him defiant.
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 →