Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
In Context
14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
16Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Proverbs 15:10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome 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 →