Proverbs 15:5
A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
6The house of the ryghteous is full of riches: but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:23O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
Proverbs 10:1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
Proverbs 13:18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.
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 →