Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom, 1 but a child freed from discipline puts his mother to shame. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 a king judges the poor by the truth, 1 his throne will be established forever. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6His father had never troubled him, saying, “Why have you done this or that?” Adonijah was also a very handsome man, born next after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5A wise son gathers a crop in the summer, 1 but it is disgraceful for him to sleep during harvest. 1
Proverbs 17:21Whoever is the parent of a fool brings grief to himself; 1 and the father of a fool has no joy. 1
Proverbs 22:6Teach a child the way he should go 1 and when he is old he will not turn away from that instruction. 1
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold instruction from a child, 1 for if you discipline him, he will not die. 1
Proverbs 29:21One who pampers his slave from youth, 1 at the end of it there will be trouble. 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 →