Proverbs 22:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in a child’s heart; the rod of discipline removes it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Proverbs 22:15 Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one can.

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.

Proverbs 13:24

Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.

Proverbs 20:30

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by a neglected child.

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your children, and they will give you rest; they will give delight to your heart.

John 3:6

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Ephesians 2:3

All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,