Proverbs 29:15
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
תּוֹכֵחָה
tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Study H8433 →מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
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