Parents must consider the benefit of due correction, and the mischief of undue indulgence.
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Proverbs 29:15
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:1-27Proverbs 29:1-27 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously.The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:12-17Proverbs 29:12-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryGovernment in truth and equity I. THERE MUST BE THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE. (Proverbs 29:12.) Especially in regard to truthfulness. Nothing is more easily caught than an example of untruthfulness, evasion, hypocrisy. Servants…Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:15Proverbs 29:15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleParents, 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 need be, when they…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:15Proverbs 29:15 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe rod and reproof give wisdom to the young. The former denotes bodily correction, what we call corporal punishment; the latter, discipline in words, rebuke administered when any moral fault is noticed. The idea here e…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:15-17Proverbs 29:15-17 · The Pulpit Commentary(See homily on Proverbs 13:24.)—C.
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:1-27EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:12-17Government in truth and equity I. THERE MUST BE THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE. (Proverbs 29:12.) Especially in regard to truthfulness. Nothing is more easily caught than an example of untruthfulness, evasion, hypocrisy. Servants…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 29:15Parents, 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 need be, when they…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom to the young. The former denotes bodily correction, what we call corporal punishment; the latter, discipline in words, rebuke administered when any moral fault is noticed. The idea here e…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 29:15-17(See homily on Proverbs 13:24.)—C.Joseph S. Exell and contributors