Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is [for them] in their calamities.
Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
Proverbs 10:1The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
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 →