Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
Catholic Public Domain 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 a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.
Cross References
Psalms 51:5You have loved malice above goodness, and iniquity more than speaking righteousness.
Proverbs 19:18Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
Proverbs 23:14You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.
Proverbs 29:17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
Ephesians 2:3And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like 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 →