Proverbs 29:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself causeth 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.

Proverbs 29:15 Cross References

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 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 17:21

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy.

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 was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absalom.

Proverbs 29:21

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.