Proverbs 29:16

בִּרְבוֹת רְשָׁעִים יִרְבֶּה ־ פָּשַׁע וְצַדִּיקִים בְּֽמַפַּלְתָּם יִרְאֽוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

In Context

15שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ ׃

17יַסֵּר בִּנְךָ וִֽינִיחֶךָ וְיִתֵּן מַעֲדַנִּים לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ ׃ פ

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Cross References

Psalms 37:34קַוֵּה אֶל ־ יְהוָה ׀ וּשְׁמֹר דַּרְכּוֹ וִֽירוֹמִמְךָ לָרֶשֶׁת אָרֶץ בְּהִכָּרֵת רְשָׁעִים תִּרְאֶֽה ׃

Psalms 58:10בְּטֶרֶם יָבִינוּ סִּֽירֹתֵיכֶם אָטָד כְּמוֹ ־ חַי כְּמוֹ ־ חָרוֹן יִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ ׃

Psalms 92:9וְאַתָּה מָרוֹם לְעֹלָם יְהוָֽה ׃

Psalms 112:8סָמוּךְ לִבּוֹ לֹא יִירָא עַד אֲשֶׁר ־ יִרְאֶה בְצָרָֽיו ׃

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 →

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