Proverbs 29:15
A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
In Context
14When a king judgeth faithfully the poor, his throne, to futurity, shall be established.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6Now his father had not displeased him all his days, by saying—Why, thus, hast thou done? Moreover also, he, was of exceeding handsome appearance, and, him, did his mother bear, after Absolom.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.
Proverbs 22:6Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Proverbs 29:21He that dealeth tenderly with his servant from childhood, in his after life, shall have him for a son.
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 →