Proverbs 22:15

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Job 14:4

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

Psalm 51:5

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

Proverbs 13:24

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.[5]

Proverbs 19:18

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

Proverbs 20:30

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

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.

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[3]

Ephesians 2:3

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[1] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.