Proverbs 29:15
If children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they do things that cause their mothers to be ashamed of them.
Translation for Translators
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 kings judge poor people fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:5Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep and not work during harvest time.
Proverbs 17:21Children who are foolish soon cause their parents to be very sad; their parents will not be joyful at all.
Proverbs 22:6If you train/teach children to do what is right, all during their life they will act/behave in that manner.
Proverbs 23:13Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die,
Proverbs 29:21If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young, some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns.
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 →