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Proverbs 22:15
15Children love to do foolish things. To stop them, you must warn and punish them.
Proverbs 22:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- New International Version (NIV)Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Context of Proverbs 22:15
13A lazy person stays in his house. He says, ‘There is a lion outside in the street! If I go out, it will kill me!’ 14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep hole. If you make the Lord angry, you will fall into it! Children love to do foolish things. To stop them, you must warn and punish them. 16Someone may be cruel to poor people to make himself rich. Someone else may give gifts to rich people to make them his friends. But both those people will become poor in the end. 17Listen carefully. I will teach you what wise people have said. Think about the things that I am teaching you.
Read all of Proverbs 22Proverbs 22:15 word by word
אִ֭וֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָ֣ה בְלֶב־נָ֑עַר שֵׁ֥בֶט מ֝וּסָ֗ר יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 22:15
- Job 14:4People are not clean and pure. Nobody can change them to become pure.
- Psalms 51:5Yes, even from the day I was born I have done bad things. I have always been guilty of sin.
- John 3:6People give birth to what is human. But God's Spirit gives birth to spirit.
- Ephesians 2:3At one time, all of us lived like those people. We did whatever bad things our bodies wanted to do. If our thoughts made us want to do something, we did it. Because we were like that, God was angry with us. He should have punished us, just like everyone else.
- Proverbs 13:24If you do not punish your child, you show that you hate him. If you really love your child, you will punish him when he does something wrong.
- Proverbs 19:18When your children do wrong things, warn them while you still have the chance. If you do not punish them, you are helping them to go to an early death.
- Proverbs 23:1312. Remember to warn your children when they do something wrong. If you punish them with a stick, you will not kill them.
- Proverbs 29:15If you want your children to be wise, warn them and punish them when they do wrong things. If you let them do anything that they want to do, they will make their mother ashamed.
- Hebrews 12:10Our human fathers punished us for a few years. They did this in a way that they thought was good. But God punishes us in a way that will really help us. As a result, we can become completely good, like he is.
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15We learn wisdom; it is not inherited or natural. Discipline is needed to turn foolishness into wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. is bound--or firmly fixed. Chastisement deters from crime and so leads to reformation of principle.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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