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Proverbs 29:15

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will, bringeth his mother to shame.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The rod and reproofe giue wisedome: but a child left [to himselfe] bringeth his mother to shame.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child who lacks discipline brings shame upon his mother.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The rod 7626
{7626} Prime
שֵׁבֶט
shebet
{shay'-bet}
From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, that is, (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan.
and reproof 8433
{8433} Prime
תּוֹכֵחָה
towkechah
{to-kay-khaw'}
From H3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence).
give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
wisdom: 2451
{2451} Prime
חָכְמָה
chokmah
{khok-maw'}
From H2449; wisdom (in a good sense).
but a child 5288
{5288} Prime
נַעַר
na`ar
{nah'-ar}
From H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age).
left 7971
{7971} Prime
שָׁלַח
shalach
{shaw-lakh'}
A primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications).
z8794
<8794> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 194
[to himself] bringeth his mother 517
{0517} Prime
אֵם
'em
{ame}
A primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively); (like H0001).
to shame. 954
{0954} Prime
בּושׁ
buwsh
{boosh}
A primitive root; properly to pale, that is, by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed, or delayed.
z8688
<8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 857
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 29:15

_ _ (Compare Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 23:13).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Proverbs 29:15

_ _ Parents, in educating their children, must consider, 1. The benefit of due correction. They must not only tell their children what is good and evil, but they must chide them, and correct them too, if need be, when they either neglect that which is good or do that which is evil. If a reproof will serve without the rod, it is well, but the rod must never be used without a rational and grave reproof; and then, though it may be a present uneasiness both to the father and to the child, yet it will give wisdom. Vexatio dat intellectumVexation sharpens the intellect. The child will take warning, and so will get wisdom. 2. The mischief of undue indulgence: A child that is not restrained or reproved, but is left to himself, as Adonijah was, to follow his own inclinations, may do well if he will, but, if he take to ill courses, nobody will hinder him; it is a thousand to one but he proves a disgrace to his family, and brings his mother, who fondled him and humoured him in his licentiousness, to shame, to poverty, to reproach, and perhaps will himself be abusive to her and give her ill language.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 29:15

Left — Suffered to follow his own will without restraint and chastening.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a rod,
Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
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 22:15 Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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.

a child:

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 10:5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 17:21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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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1K 1:6. Pv 10:1, 5; 17:21, 25; 22:6, 15; 23:13; 29:17, 21. He 12:10.

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