Proverbs 22:15

New King James Version

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; 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? 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 promptly.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction.

Proverbs 20:30

Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

Proverbs 29:15

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

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, 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 whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.