Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
In Context
14The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of LORD shall fall in it.
16He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.
Cross References
Psalms 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 23:14Thou shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 29:17Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.
Ephesians 2:3Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:15
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. This is designed to warn all young men against the lusts of uncleanness. As they regard the welfare of their souls, let them take heed of strange women, lewd women, whom they ought to be strange to, of the mouth of strange women, of the kisses of their lips ( ch. vii. 13 ), of the words of their lips, their charms and enticements. Dread them; have nothing to do with them; for, 1. Those who abandon themselves to that… Read the whole commentary →