Proverbs 29:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 15:5
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    5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:24
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  • Prov 23:13-15
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    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.

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    18¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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

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

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    25¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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

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    71%

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    2 verses
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