Proverbs 29:15

WEB

¹⁵The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

KJV

¹⁵The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

BSB

¹⁵A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

FBV

¹⁵Discipline and correction provide wisdom, but a son left undisciplined is an embarrassment to his mother.

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Extra References

Proverbs 10:1

¹^[+] The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

²⁵A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 29:17

¹⁷Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Proverbs 13:24

²⁴One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Proverbs 22:15

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 22:6

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 17:21

²¹He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 23:13-14

¹³Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

¹⁰For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Proverbs 10:5

⁵He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.