Proverbs 29:15

15 ^vThe rod and reproof give wisdom,

but a child left to himself ^wbrings shame to his mother.

Related Verses

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

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