Proverbs 22:15

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?

Psalm 51:5

You have loved malice above goodness, and iniquity more than speaking righteousness.

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

Proverbs 19:18

Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.

Proverbs 20:30

The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.

John 3:6

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

Ephesians 2:3

And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.