Proverbs 13:15
Good insight wins favor, 1 but the way of the treacherous is never-ending. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
In Context
14The teaching of a wise person is a fountain of life, 1 turning you away from the snares of death. 1
16Prudent people act out of knowledge in every decision, 1 but a fool parades his folly. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:14David was prospering in all his ways, for Yahweh was with him.
Psalms 111:10To honor Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; 1 those who carry out his instructions have good understanding. 1 His praise endures forever.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness— 1 they do not know what it is they stumble over. 1
Proverbs 15:10Harsh discipline awaits anyone who forsakes the way 1 and he who hates correction will die. 1
Luke 2:52But Jesus continued to grow in wisdom and stature, and increased in favor with God and people.
Romans 6:21At that time, what fruit then did you have of the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:15
14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. By the law of the wise and righteous, here, we may understand either the principles and rules by which they govern themselves or (which comes all to one) the instructions which they give to others, which ought to be as a law to all about them; and if they be so, 1. They will be constant springs of comfort and satisfaction, as a fountain of life, sending forth streams of living water; the closer we keep to those rules the more… Read the whole commentary →