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 rest. Yes, he will give you delight.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child. If you spank him with a stick he will not die.
Hebrews 12:10
They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

A child

Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He who gives birth to a fool does it to his sorrow because the father of a fool has no joy.
1 Kings 1:6
His father never confronted him by asking: Why have you done this?

General references

Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.
Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child. If you spank him with a stick he will not die.
Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you rest. Yes, he will give you delight.