Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
In Context
14A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
16When the wicked increase, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6And his father had not grieved him at any time in saying, Why doest thou so? and he was also a very comely man; and [his mother] bore him after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.
Proverbs 22:6Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Proverbs 29:21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a son.
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 →