Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof impart wisdom; but a lad abandoned to himself bringeth shame on his mother.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
In Context
14When a king judgeth in truth the indigent, his throne shall stand firmly for ever.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6And his father had never grieved him in all his life by saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was of a very goodly form; and his mother had born him after Abshalom.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; [but] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool [doth it] to his sorrow; and the father of a worthless fool cannot have any joy.
Proverbs 22:6Train up the lad in accordance with his course: even when he groweth old, will he not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not from a lad correction; for if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:21If one rear his servant delicately from his youth, then will he at length become as [his] 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 →