Proverbs 29:16
When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
In Context
15Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
17Chasten your son, and he shall give you rest; and he shall give honour to your soul.
Cross References
Psalms 58:10As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me vengeance on my enemies. 1
Psalms 112:8to set him with princes, even with the princes of his people: 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:16
Parental Discipline. 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Parents, in educating their children, must consider, 1. The benefit of due correction. They must not only tell their children what is good and evil, but they must chide them, and correct them too, if need be, when they either neglect that which is good or do that which is evil. If a reproof will serve without the rod, it is well, but the rod must never be used without a rational and grave reproof; and… Read the whole commentary →