Proverbs 22:15

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:24 : 24 ¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • Prov 19:18 : 18 ¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
  • Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 ¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 ¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • John 3:6 : 6 ‹That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.›
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one.
  • Ps 51:5 : 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 29:15
    83%

    15¶ The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 23:12-15
    4 verses
    81%

    12¶ Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

    13Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

    24¶ Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

    25¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 13:24
    79%

    24¶ He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 14:3
    78%

    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 22:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5¶ Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

    6¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 26:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

    4¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

    21¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20¶ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 19:18
    76%

    18¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Prov 10:13
    76%

    13¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Prov 19:3
    76%

    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13¶ Better [is] a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

  • Prov 12:15
    74%

    15¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 10:8
    73%

    8¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 19:13
    73%

    13¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

  • Prov 19:29
    73%

    29¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Prov 14:33
    73%

    33¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Prov 10:1
    73%

    1¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 16:22
    73%

    22¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 13:1
    73%

    1¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • Deut 21:18
    73%

    18¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

  • Prov 29:17
    73%

    17¶ Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  • Prov 19:27
    72%

    27¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 27:22
    72%

    22¶ Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

    14¶ The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Prov 15:2
    72%

    2¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

    17¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 10:23
    72%

    23¶ [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Prov 18:6
    72%

    6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • Prov 19:25
    71%

    25¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 17:12
    71%

    12¶ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.