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
Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.
Proverbs 22:6
If thou teachest a child in his youth what way he should go; he shall not leave it when he is old.
Proverbs 23:13
Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thereof.
Hebrews 12:10
And they verily for a few days nurtured us after their own pleasure; but he learneth us unto that which is profitable, that we might receive of his holiness.

A child

Proverbs 10:1
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
An unwise body bringeth himself in to sorrow; and the father of a fool can have no joy.
1 Kings 1:6
And his father rebuked him not at any time, nor said so much to him as "Why dost thou so?" And he was thereto a goodly man and his mother bare him next, after Absalom.

General references

Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes.
Proverbs 23:13
Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thereof.
Proverbs 29:17
Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.