Verse 15

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

Referenced Verses

• Prov 13:24 : 24 The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
• Prov 19:18 : 18 Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.
• Prov 23:13-14 : 13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14 If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
• Prov 29:15 : 15 A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.
• Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.
• John 3:6 : 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
• Eph 2:3 : 3 among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
• Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. 11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
• Job 14:4 : 4 Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
• Ps 51:5 : 5 Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.