Verse 15

The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
• Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.
• Prov 22:6 : 6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
• Prov 13:24 : 24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
• Prov 29:17 : 17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
• Prov 29:21 : 21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is. 11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
• 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 Now all his life his father had never gone against him or said to him, Why have you done so? and he was a very good-looking man, and younger than Absalom.
• Prov 10:5 : 5 He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
• Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him. 14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.