Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:15 in other translations
| BSB | A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother. |
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| WEB | The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother. |
| ASV | The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother. |
| YLT | A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother. |
| DARBY | The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. |
| BBE | The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother. |
| Webster | The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. |
What does Proverbs 29:15 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 29:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 29:15
- Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
- Proverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
- Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
- Proverbs 23:13-14
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
- Hebrews 12:10-11
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. 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.
- Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- 1 Kings 1:6
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.
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Context
- Proverbs 29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
- Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
- Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Proverbs 29:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La vara y la corrección dan sabiduría: mas el muchacho consentido avergonzará á su madre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La verge et la répréhension donnent la sagesse, mais le jeune garçon abandonné à lui-même fait honte à sa mère. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Rute und Zucht geben Weisheit; aber ein sich selbst überlassener Knabe macht seiner Mutter Schande. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Virga atque correptio tribuit sapientiam; puer autem qui dimittitur voluntati suæ confundit matrem suam. |