Proverbs 29:15
The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.
16When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth: but ye righteous shall see their fall.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6And his father would not displease him from his childehood, to say, Why hast thou done so? And hee was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him next after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
Proverbs 22:6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.
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 →