Proverbs 29:15

¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

The rod {H7626} and reproof {H8433} give {H5414} wisdom {H2451}: but a child {H5288} left {H7971} to himself bringeth his mother {H517} to shame {H954}.

The rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame on his mother.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 17:25 (11 votes)

    ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Proverbs 29:17 (10 votes)

    ¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • Proverbs 10:1 (9 votes)

    ¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

  • Proverbs 13:24 (9 votes)

    ¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Proverbs 22:6 (8 votes)

    ¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Proverbs 22:15 (7 votes)

    ¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Proverbs 17:21 (7 votes)

    ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.