Proverbs 29:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left undisciplined brings his mother to shame.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The rod and correction lead to wisdom, but children out of control shame their mothers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:15 Cross References

Proverbs 17:25

Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 13:24

Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

Proverbs 22:6

Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

Proverbs 17:21

The one who fathers a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 10:5

A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.

1 Kings 1:6

His father had never at any time reprimanded him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom.

Proverbs 29:21

A slave pampered from childhood will come to a bad end.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.