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 children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.
Proverbs 22:6
Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Hebrews 12:10
For they disciplined [us] for a few days according to what seemed [appropriate] to them, but he [does so] for our benefit, in order that [we] can have a share in his holiness.

A child

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
1 Kings 1:6
His father did not rebuke him {at any time} [by] saying, "Why did you do so?" Now he was also very handsome of appearance; she had borne him after Absalom.

General references

Proverbs 13:24
He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.