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


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Exodus 18 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Exodus 23 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 24 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 1 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Deuteronomy 4 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 21 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Deuteronomy 21 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Deuteronomy 25 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
1 Samuel 20 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2 Chronicles 10 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 12 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 17 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Job 18 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 34 10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Job 34 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Psalms 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 7 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms 10 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 10 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Psalms 11 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 37 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms 37 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 39 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 40 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Psalms 55 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalms 58 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms 68 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalms 73 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 94 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms 95 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Psalms 101 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.