Proverbs 29:15
A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
Young's Literal Translation
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 is judging truly the poor, His throne for ever is established.
16In the multiplying of the wicked transgression multiplieth, And the righteous on their fall do look.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:6and his father hath not grieved him [all] his days, saying, 'Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also [is] of a very good form, and [his mother] bare him after Absalom.
Proverbs 10:5Whoso is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
Proverbs 17:21Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
Proverbs 22:6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
Proverbs 29:21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, [At] his latter end also he is continuator.
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 →