Proverbs 22:15

Modern English Version

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.

Cross References

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is no one.

Psalm 51:5

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

Proverbs 13:24

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

Proverbs 20:30

The blows of a wound cleanse away evil, so beatings purge the innermost depths of the heart.

Proverbs 29:15

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

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your 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 them we all also once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.