Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Rod

Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also delight your soul.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Hebrews 12:10
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

A child

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
1 Kings 1:6
His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.

General references

Proverbs 13:24
He who withholds his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also delight your soul.