Proverbs 15:5
A fool contemneth the correction of his father; but he that observeth admonition will become prudent.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
6In the house of the righteous there is much treasure; but in the income of the wicked is trouble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men who ran before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 141:5If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is [as] oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also [is offered] in their sufferings.
Proverbs 1:23Turn back to my admonition: 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 causeth [his] father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and disgrace will overtake him that rejecteth correction; but he that observeth admonition will be honored.
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 →