Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever.
16When the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall be multiplied: but the just shall see their downfall.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
Proverbs 17:21A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.
Proverbs 22:6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:21He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
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 →