Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding gives favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
In Context
14The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
16Every prudent man works with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and LORD was with him.
Psalms 111:10The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and all who act accordingly have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 15:10There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.
Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.
Romans 6:21What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:15
14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. By the law of the wise and righteous, here, we may understand either the principles and rules by which they govern themselves or (which comes all to one) the instructions which they give to others, which ought to be as a law to all about them; and if they be so, 1. They will be constant springs of comfort and satisfaction, as a fountain of life, sending forth streams of living water; the closer we keep to those rules the more… Read the whole commentary →