The King James Version Bible

Proverbs 29:15

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

Cross References

  1. The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  2. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
  3. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  4. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  5. He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  6. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
  7. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  8. And 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 bare him after Absalom.
  9. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
  10. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
  11. He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
  12. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.