Proverbs 22:15

A Conservative Version

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him promptly.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.

Ephesians 2:3

Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.

Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

John 3:6

That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Proverbs 20:30

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes, the innermost parts.