Proverbs 29:15
A rod and reproof give wisdom, || And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
Literal Standard 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
14A king that is judging the poor with truth, || His throne is established forever.
16In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplies, || And the righteous look on their fall.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6and his father has not grieved him [all] his days, saying, “Why have you done this?” And he also [is] of a very good form, and [his mother] bore him after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5Whoever is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, || Whoever is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
Proverbs 17:21Whoever is begetting a fool has affliction for it, || Indeed, the father of a fool does not rejoice.
Proverbs 22:6Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a youth, || When you strike him with a rod he does not die.
Proverbs 29:21Whoever is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, || [At] his latter end he is also continuator.
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 →