Proverbs 29:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes 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 who bore 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 who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
  • Prov 17:21 : 21 He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 29:21 : 21 He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful: nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
  • 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, Why have you done so? And he also was a very handsome man; and his mother bore him after Absalom.
  • Prov 10:5 : 5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die. 14 You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:15
    83%

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

  • Prov 19:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

    26He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

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

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:24
    77%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 23:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    14You shall beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 13:18
    76%

    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 22:6
    76%

    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
    2 verses
    75%

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 29:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16When the wicked multiply, transgression increases; but the righteous shall see their fall.

    17Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 19:18
    75%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

  • Prov 10:13
    75%

    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • Prov 17:2
    74%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 17:25
    74%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Prov 28:7
    72%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 3:35
    72%

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

  • Prov 29:1
    72%

    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 14:35
    71%

    35The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

    19Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;

  • Prov 6:20
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

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

  • Eph 6:4
    71%

    4And, you fathers, do not provoke 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 hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

  • Prov 23:24
    71%

    24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

  • Prov 26:3
    71%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

  • Prov 30:17
    70%

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

  • Prov 15:10
    70%

    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 27:11
    70%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 29:21
    70%

    21He who delicately brings up his servant from childhood shall have him as a son in the end.

  • Prov 10:5
    70%

    5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

  • Prov 9:7
    70%

    7He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

  • Prov 11:29
    70%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.