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


In Context

12 The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

13 The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

14 A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

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

16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich — only to want.

17 Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to 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 American Standard 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 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 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.