Proverbs 22:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him. 14 Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.
  • John 3:6 : 6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is. 11 At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 29:15
    83%

    15The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Prov 23:12-15
    4 verses
    81%

    12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

    13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

    14Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.

    15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

    24He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 14:3
    78%

    3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 22:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

    6If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 26:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

    4Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

    21He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 19:18
    76%

    18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Prov 10:13
    76%

    13In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

    12For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

    15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

    8My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

  • Prov 19:13
    73%

    13A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

  • Prov 19:29
    73%

    29Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Prov 13:1
    73%

    1A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Prov 29:17
    73%

    17Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 19:27
    72%

    27A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

    14The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 15:2
    72%

    2Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

    17He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 10:23
    72%

    23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 17:12
    71%

    12It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.