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Proverbs 29:15
Proverbs 29:15 is verse 15 of Proverbs chapter 29, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
World English Bible
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
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Proverbs 29:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
14 A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
16 When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs 29:21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23:14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Proverbs 17:21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
1 Kings 1:6(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)