Proverbs 29:15
Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: 1 But an erring child disgraces his parents. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 judges the poor in truth, 1 His throne shall be established for a testimony. 1
16When the ungodly abound, sins abound: 1 But when they fall, the righteous are warned. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done thus? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5A wise son is saved from heat: 1 But a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest. 1
Proverbs 17:21And the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. 1 A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; 1 But a wise son gladdens his mother. 1
Proverbs 23:13Refrain not from chastening a child; 1 For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. 1
Proverbs 29:21He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, 1 And in the end shall grieve over himself. 1
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 →