Proverbs 22:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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? not one.

Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

Proverbs 13:24

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

Proverbs 20:30

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: And strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom: But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:--