Proverbs 15:5
A fool spurns his musar av, 1 but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) is prudent. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
6In the bais of the tzaddik is much treasure, 1 but in the revenues of the rashah is trouble. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass after this, that Avshalom prepared him merkavah and susim, and fifty ish to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Sh'lomo beni (my son), know thou the Elohei Avicha, and serve Him with a lev shalem and with a nefesh chafetzah (willing mind), for Hashem searcheth kol levavot, and understandeth all the yetzer machashavot. If thou seek Him, He will be found by thee; but if thou forsake Him, He will cast thee off forever.
Psalms 141:5Let the tzaddik strike me; it shall be chesed; 1 and let him reprove me; it shall be shemen, 1 which my rosh shall not refuse; 1 for still shall my tefillah be against their evil deeds. 1
Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my tokhechah (reproof); hinei, 1 I will pour out my ruach unto you, 1 I will make known my devarim unto you. 1
Proverbs 10:1The mishle (proverbs) of Sh'lomo. 1 A ben chacham maketh glad an av, 1 but a ben kesil is the grief of his em. 1
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame shall be to him that disdains musar, 1 but he that is shomer over tokhakhat (reproof) 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 →