Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 13:24 : 24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
- Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.
- Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
- Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
- Prov 29:17 : 17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
- John 3:6 : 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
- Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been 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 brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.
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15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
- Prov 23:12-154 verses81%
12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
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24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
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24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
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5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
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3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
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5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays 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 26:3-42 verses78%
3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
- Prov 17:20-212 verses77%
20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
- Prov 15:20-212 verses77%
20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
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18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.
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13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
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3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.
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13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
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11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
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10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
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7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
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8 The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
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29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
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33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
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1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.
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1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
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18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
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17 Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
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27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
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14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
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29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
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23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
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23 It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
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6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
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25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
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12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.