Proverbs 29:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 29:15 Cross References

1 Kings 1:6

His father had never at any time displeased 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 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 10:5

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

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Proverbs 17:21

A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction.

Proverbs 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives 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 29:17

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Proverbs 29:21

He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.