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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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Foolishness as Innate Sin
Commentators clarify that the "foolishness" mentioned is not intellectual immaturity but a deep-seated moral issue. Scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry identify it directly as sin, while Charles Ellicott defines it as "self-will." It represents an innate inclination toward sin that is present even in a child.
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19th Century
Anglican
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child That is, sin, the greatest of all folly; this is naturally in the heart of…
Presbyterian
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…