Proverbs 29:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
  • Prov 22:15 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • Prov 22:6 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 17:21 : 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 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. 11 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.
  • 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 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.
  • Prov 10:5 : 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 19:25-27
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    78%

    25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

    26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:24
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    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Prov 23:13-15
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    76%

    13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:7-8
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    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 29:16-17
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    75%

    16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

    17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 28:7
    72%

    7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

  • Prov 3:35
    72%

    35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • Prov 29:1
    72%

    1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 14:35
    71%

    35The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

  • Deut 21:18-19
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    18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

    19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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    20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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    10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Eph 6:4
    71%

    4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

    32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 26:3
    71%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

  • Prov 30:17
    70%

    17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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    10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

  • Prov 10:5
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    5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

  • Prov 9:7
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    7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.