Proverbs 15:5
A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
6The house of the just is very much strength: and in the fruits of the wicked is trouble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: "for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- standeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 141:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
Proverbs 1:23Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.
Proverbs 10:1A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame to him that refuseth instruction: but he that yieldeth to 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 →