Verse 15

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:1 : 1 Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son `is' an affliction to his mother.
• Prov 17:25 : 25 A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
• Prov 22:15 : 15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
• Prov 22:6 : 6 Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
• Prov 13:24 : 24 Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
• Prov 17:21 : 21 Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
• Prov 29:17 : 17 Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.
• Prov 29:21 : 21 Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation; 11 and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.
• 1 Kgs 1:6 : 6 and his father hath not grieved him `all' his days, saying, `Wherefore thus hast thou done?' and he also `is' of a very good form, and `his mother' bare him after Absalom.
• Prov 10:5 : 5 Whoso is gathering in summer `is' a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest `is' a son causing shame.
• Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. 14 Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.