Proverbs 22:15

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.

Proverbs 29:15

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

Proverbs 29:17

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Psalm 51:5

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

John 3:6

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

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.

Proverbs 20:30

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