Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Webster 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
14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man ; and his mother bore him after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him at length become his 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 →