Proverbs 13:15
Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
In Context
14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
16A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:14And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.
Psalms 111:10The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.
Proverbs 4:19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Proverbs 15:10There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
Luke 2:52And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
Romans 6:21What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such 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 →