Proverbs 13:15
Good doctrine bestows grace. In the way of the contemptuous, there is a chasm.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
In Context
14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, so that he may turn aside from the ruin of death.
16The discerning do everything with counsel. But whoever is senseless discloses his stupidity.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:14Also, David acted prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
Psalms 111:10The sinner will see and become angry. He will gnash his teeth and waste away. The desire of sinners will perish.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Proverbs 15:10Doctrine is evil to those who abandon the way of life. Whoever hates correction shall die.
Luke 2:52And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and in age, and in grace, with God and men.
Romans 6:21But what fruit did you hold at that time, in those things about which you 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 →