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Proverbs 22:15

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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

KJV

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

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This verse in Proverbs 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Proverbs · Written before 735.

"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child," etc. We know many children endowed with wisdom; for Jeremiah undertook the ministry of prophecy as a child. And Daniel writes, "Because God gave to the children abstaining knowledge and discipline in every word and …

This site's exposition

Foolishness is bound up in the heart

on Proverbs 22:15-16

"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child," the reason the training of verse 6 is needed at all. The rod of discipline drives it far from him. Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich "will surely lead to poverty."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child,....

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אִ֭וֶּלֶתfoolishness

    ʾiveletH200 →25 times

  • קְשׁוּרָ֣ה[is] bound

    keshurahH7194 →44 times

  • בְלֶב־in [the] heart of

    velev-H3820 →595 times

  • נָ֑עַרa youth

    naarH5288 →239 times

  • שֵׁ֥בֶטa rod of

    shevetH7626 →190 times

  • מ֝וּסָ֗רdiscipline

    musarH4148 →50 times

  • יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּהit will put far away it

    yarchikenahH7368 →57 times

  • מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃from him

    mimenuH4480 →1188 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.20 worksEphesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.12 worksProverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.11 worksProverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.10 worksProverbs 23:13–14Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.9 worksProverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.7 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Hebrews 12:10–11Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.7 worksRevelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.7 worksProverbs 20:30Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.7 worksPsalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.6 worksMatthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.4 works1 Kings 1:6(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)4 worksProverbs 23:14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.4 worksPsalms 51:5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.3 worksEphesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.3 worksMark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.3 worksHebrews 12:7Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?2 works2 Kings 2:23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Proverbs 13:24

    He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 29:17

      Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Proverbs 23:13–14

      Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Proverbs 29:15

      A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Proverbs 19:18

      Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Hebrews 12:6–8

      For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

  • Through

    Proverbs 19:18

    Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 13:24

      He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Proverbs 29:15

    A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 10:1

      The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Proverbs 17:25

      A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Where this verse is studied

About Proverbs

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Proverbs: the study guide →Read Proverbs 22 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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