15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.


In Context

12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

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

16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.

17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 22:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:15Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:15Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.