Proverbs 15:5

Foolish children despise their parents when their parents correct/discipline them; wise children accept it.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

In Context

4Those who speak [MTY] kindly to people are like [MET] trees whose fruit gives life; speaking what is false causes people to ◄despair/feel very discouraged►.

6There are many valuable things in the houses of righteous people; the wealth of wicked people causes them to have troubles/difficulties.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1Some time later, Absalom acquired a chariot and horses to pull it. He hired 50 men to run in front of him to honor him while he was riding around Jerusalem in the chariot.

1 Chronicles 28:9“And you, my son Solomon, must know God like I know him, and you must serve him faithfully and because you want to. You must do that because he knows what everyone is thinking and he understands the reasons that people do what they do. If you seek to know him, he will heed your prayers. But if you abandon/reject him, he will abandon/reject you forever.

Psalms 141:5It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right, but I do not want wicked people to honor me by anointing my head with olive oil; I am always praying that you will punish them because of the wicked deeds that they do.

Proverbs 1:23If you pay attention to me when I rebuke you, I will tell you what I am thinking in my inner being; I will give you some good advice.

Proverbs 10:1These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad.

Proverbs 13:18Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; people respect those who accept it when they are rebuked for their bad behavior.

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 →

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