Verse 15

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

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.