Proverbs 29:15 Cross References - BSB

¹⁵ A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

⁶ (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

¹ The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

⁵ He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

²⁴ He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

²¹ A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

²⁵ A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

¹⁷ Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

²¹ A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

¹⁰ Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. ¹¹ No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.