Verse 15

The rod of correction and discipline impart wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son causes sorrow to his mother.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.
  • Prov 17:21 : 21 The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 If a servant is pampered from youth, in the end he will cause grief.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
  • 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 His father had never rebuked him by asking, "Why have you done this?" Adonijah was also very handsome, and he was born after Absalom.
  • Prov 10:5 : 5 The one who gathers during summer is a prudent son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 You shall strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from Sheol.