Proverbs 22:15

15. Foolishness Probably meaning perverseness, rather than folly. Ignorance, weakness, inclination to evil, corruption of heart, are maladies which accompany all men from their birth. Pious education, instruction, correction, (with the divine blessing,) cure them, or, at least, diminish very much their ill effects. (Calmet.)

Is bound Perhaps inheres; or, metaphorically, “is bound there,” as with cords fixed there. Miller suggests this idea that folly is bound in the heart of a child: and, therefore, more easily controlled than in older persons. This, however, seems contrary to the sense of the word else-where, which implies strength rather than weakness. But if any conjunction is needed, yet will express the relation of the two clauses better than but. Compare on this Genesis 30:42. For the general subject compare Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 29:17.