Verse 15

A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:1 : 1 The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish child is a 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 from him.
• Prov 22:6 : 6 Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
• Prov 13:24 : 24 The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
• Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.
• Prov 29:21 : 21 If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. 11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
• 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 (Now his father had never corrected him by saying,“Why do you do such things?” He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom.)
• Prov 10:5 : 5 The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.
• Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.