Proverbs 13:15
Good intelligence giveth grace; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
In Context
14The instruction of the wise is a source of life, [teaching] to avoid the snares of death.
16Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but a fool spreadeth abroad his folly.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:14And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
Psalms 111:10The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; a good understanding have all that fulfill [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.
Proverbs 15:10An evil correction is [destined] for him that forsaketh the [right] path; he that hateth admonition will die.
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 →