Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.
6In the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts; if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me in kindness, and correct me; oil so choice let not my head refuse; for still is my prayer because of their wickedness.
Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my reproof; behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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 →