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
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
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 withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Hebrews 12:10
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

A child

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

General references

Proverbs 13:24
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

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