Proverbs 29:15
Discipline and correction provide wisdom, but a son left undisciplined is an embarrassment to his mother.
Free Bible 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
14If a king judges the poor fairly, he will have a long rule.
16When the wicked are in power, sin increases; but the good will see their downfall.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6(Never in his life had his father corrected him. He'd never asked him, “Why did you do that?” He was also very good-looking, and had been born after Absalom.)
Proverbs 10:5A son who gathers crops during the summer is sensible, but the one who sleeps during harvest brings disgrace.
Proverbs 17:21A stupid son brings grief to his father; the father of a child who does stupid things has no joy.
Proverbs 22:6Teach children the right way to live, and when they grow up they'll go on doing so.
Proverbs 23:13Don't keep from disciplining your children—a beating won't kill them.
Proverbs 29:21A servant indulged from childhood will in the end become unmanageable.
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 →