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Proverbs 22:15
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Proverbs 22:15
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
15*Foolishnesse is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shal driue it farre from him.
- Chap. 13.24. and 19.18. and 23.13. and 29.15, 17.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:15
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
Foolishness
Lack of wisdom, sound judgment, or understanding; folly or absurd conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Made fast, tied, confined, or obligated; destined or going toward; as a verb, to set a limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A son or daughter; a young person; a descendant; or one characterized by a stated relation or quality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
correction
Discipline or chastening intended to correct.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To force, urge, guide, or cause to move forward.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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Open the full verse study15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Open the full verse study18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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Open the full verse study13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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Open the full verse study10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
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Open the full verse study17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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Open the full verse study3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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Open the full verse study5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Open the full verse study4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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Open the full verse study6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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