Proverbs 29:16
When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
In Context
15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
17Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest; and he shall give honour to thy soul.
Cross References
Psalms 58:10I will keep my strength, looking to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.
Psalms 112:8to set him with princes, even with the princes of his people:
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 →