Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
KJV
Virga atque correptio tribuit sapientiam ; puer autem qui dimittitur voluntati suæ confundit matrem suam.
Vulgate
πληγαὶ καὶ ἔλεγχοι διδόασιν σοφίαν, παῖς δὲ πλανώμενος αἰσχύνει γονεῖς αὐτοῦ.
LXX
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
ASV
שֵׁ֣בֶט וְ֭/תוֹכַחַת יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה וְ/נַ֥עַר מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗ח מֵבִ֥ישׁ אִמּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
י
y
noun · 28×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 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.
- 1Sam 3:13 — For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
- Eph 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- Heb 12:7 — If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
- Heb 12:10 — 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.
- Prov 6:23 — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Prov 10:5 — He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Prov 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- Prov 13:24 — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- Prov 17:21 — He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
- Prov 17:25 — A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
- Prov 19:18 — Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
- Prov 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Prov 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- Prov 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- Prov 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
- Prov 23:13 — Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
- Prov 28:7 — Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
- Prov 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
- Prov 29:17 — Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.