Proverbs 22:15

New Century Version

Every child is full of foolishness, but punishment can get rid of it.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:24

If you do not punish your children, you don’t love them, but if you love your children, you will correct them.

Proverbs 19:18

Correct your children while there is still hope; do not let them destroy themselves.

Proverbs 29:15

Correction and punishment make children wise, but those left alone will disgrace their mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your children, and you will be proud; they will give you satisfaction.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like them, trying to please our sinful selves and doing all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.

Psalm 51:5

I was brought into this world in sin. In sin my mother gave birth to me.

John 3:6

Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from the Spirit.

Job 14:4

No one can bring something clean from something dirty.

Proverbs 20:30

Hard punishment will get rid of evil, and whippings can change an evil heart.