Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.
6In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be
Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man smite me, [as] a kindness. And let him reprove me, [as] oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.
Proverbs 1:23Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame [are to] him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:5
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Note, 1. A good tongue is healing, healing to wounded consciences by comforting them, to sin-sick souls by convincing them, to peace and love when it is broken by accommodating differences, compromising matters in variance, and reconciling parties at variance; this is the healing of the tongue, which is a tree of life, the leaves of which have a sanative virtue, Rev. xxii. 2 . He that knows how to discourse will make the… Read the whole commentary →