Proverbs 15:5
A fool scorns his father’s instruction: 1 But he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. 1 In abounding righteousness is great strength: 1 But the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, 1 And he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding. 1
6In the houses of the righteous is much strength: 1 But the fruits of the ungodly shall perish. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this that Absalom 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 thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee forever.
Psalms 141:5I looked on my right hand, and behold, 1 For there was none that noticed me; 1 Refuge failed me; 1 And there was none that cared for my soul. 1
Proverbs 1:23Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, 1 And I will instruct you in my speech. 1
Proverbs 10:1A wise son makes his father glad: 1 But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. 1
Proverbs 13:18Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: 1 But he that attends to reproofs shall be honored. 1
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 →