Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The rod and reproof give wisdom,.... Are the means of giving wisdom to a child, reproved by its parent with the rod; and of driving out foolishness from him, and of making him wiser for the time to…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Left to himself - The condition of one who has been pampered and indulged. The mother who yields weakly is as guilty of abandoning the child she spoils, as if she cast him forth; and for her evil…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Parents, in educating their children, must consider, 1. The benefit of due correction. They must not only tell their children what is good and evil, but they must chide them, and correct them too, if…
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