Proverbs 29:15

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
rod	שֵׁ֣בֶט She.vet	H7626	a scion · noun, common masculine singular absolute
reproof	וְ֭תוֹכַחַת Ve.to.kha.chat	H8433	chastisement · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
give	יִתֵּ֣ן yi.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wisdom	חָכְמָ֑ה chokh.mah	H2451	wisdom (in a good sense) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
child	וְנַ֥עַר ve.Na.'ar	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
left	מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗ח me.shu.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, pual passive participle, masculine singular absolute
mother	אִמּֽוֹ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
shame	מֵבִ֥ישׁ me.Vish	H954	properly · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

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 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 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive 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 17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 23:13-14 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 intellectum - Vexation 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 reprov…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 29:15

(Compare Pro 13:24; Pro 23:13).

John Gill on Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom,.... Are the means of giving wisdom to a child, reproved by its parent with the rod; and of driving out foolishness from him, and of making him wiser for the time to come; he shunning those evils for which he was before corrected, Proverbs 22:15; So the children of God grow wiser by the corrections and chastisements of their heavenly Father, which are always for their good; and he is a man of wisdom that hearkens to the rod, and to him that has appointed it, and learns the proper instructions from it, Micah 6:9; but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame; a child that has the reins thrown upon his neck, is under no restraint of parents, but suff…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 29:15

A proverb with שׁבט, Pro 29:15, is placed next to one with שׁופט, but it begins a group of proverbs regarding discipline in the house and among the people: 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But an undisciplined son is a shame to his mother. With שׁבט [a rod], which Pro 22:15 also commends as salutary, תּוכחת refers to discipline by means of words, which must accompany bodily discipline, and without them is also necessary; the construction of the first line follows in number and gender the scheme Pro 27:9, Zac 7:7; Ewald, 339c. In the second line the mother is named, whose tender love often degenerates into a fond indulgence; such a darling, such a mother's son, becomes a disgrace to his mo…

The Church Fathers

The rod and reproof give wisdom, etc. About this rod, the Apostle to the Corinthians: "Do you want me to come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?" (1 Corinthians 4). For the child, whom he frequently admonishes to be corrected and instructed, is the people of God, who, if not chastised by the constant admonitions and rebukes of the priests, generates confusion for the Church, by those outside detracting from the religion of the Christian faith. Hence, it is rightly added:
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Mother — The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is strongly shown in the higher estimation of the mother in the Jewish family, as contrasted with modern…
Mother · 18:7;19:3;20:9; — 18:7;19:3;20:9;
Reproof · Leads to: Wisdom — Leads to: Wisdom

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 29:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 29:15

John Gill on Proverbs 29:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 29:15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 29:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 29:15

John Gill on Proverbs 29:15

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 29:15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 29:15

Rashi on Proverbs 29:15