Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. —Self-will is meant. (See above on Proverbs 1:7.) Children have to be taught to yield their …

Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child That is, sin, the greatest of all folly; this is naturally in the heart of…

Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it clings closely to…