THEOSISProverbs 22:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
אִ֭וֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָ֣ה בְלֶב־נָ֑עַר שֵׁ֥בֶט מ֝וּסָ֗ר יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:24He that spareth the rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him, correcteth him betimes.
- Prov 19:18Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.
- Prov 23:13Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
- Prov 23:14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.
- Prov 29:15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will, bringeth his mother to shame.
- Prov 29:17Instruct thy son and he shall refresh thee, and shall give delight to thy soul.
- Heb 12:10And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.
- Heb 12:11Now all chastisement for the present indeed seemeth not to bring with it joy, but sorrow: but afterwards it will yield to them that are exercised by it the most peaceable fruit of justice.