Proverbs 15:7
What wise people teach [MTY] causes others to know much more, but foolish people cannot teach others what is useful.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 37:30Righteous people give wise advice to others, and they [MTY] say what is just/fair.
Psalms 51:13If you do that, I will be able to teach other sinners what you want them to do, and they will repent and begin to obey you.
Psalms 78:2I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],
Proverbs 5:2If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely what to do, and you will know the right things to say [MTY].
Proverbs 10:21What righteous people say [MTY] benefits many people, but foolish people die because of the stupid things that they do.
Ecclesiastes 10:2If people think sensibly, it will lead them to do what is right; if they think foolishly, it causes them to do what is wrong.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:7
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. Note, 1. Where righteousness is riches are, and the comforts of them: In the house of the righteous is much treasure. Religion teaches men to be diligent, temperate, and just, and by these means, ordinarily, the estate is increased. But that is not all: God blesses the habitation of the just, and that blessing makes rich without trouble. Or, if there be not much of this world's goods, yet where there is grace there is… Read the whole commentary →