Proverbs 15:5
A fool laughs at the discipline of his father. But whoever preserves rebukes will become astute. In abundant justice, there is very great virtue. But the intentions of the impious will be eradicated.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit.
6The house of the just has very great strength. And in the fruits of the impious, there is disorder.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1Then, after these things, Absalom obtained for himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men who went before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And as for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts, and understands the thoughts of all minds. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will cast you aside for eternity.
Psalms 141:5I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.
Proverbs 1:23Be converted by my correction. Lo, I will offer my spirit to you, and I will reveal my words to you.
Proverbs 10:1A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Destitution and disgrace are for those who abandon discipline. But whoever agrees with a reproof shall be glorified.
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 →