Proverbs 15:5
A fool scorns his father's instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall + 15:5 Gr. with the roots wholly torn up. utterly perish from the earth.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
6In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this that Abessalom + 15:1 Gr. made. prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And now, my son Solomon, know the God of your fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you should forsake him, he will forsake you for ever.
Psalms 141:5I cried to you, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. 1
Proverbs 1:23Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall 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 →