Proverbs 15:5
A fool has contempt for his father's instruction, 1 but he who learns from correction is prudent. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A healing tongue is a tree of life, 1 but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1It came about after this that Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, with fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father, and serve him with your whole heart and a willing spirit. Do this because Yahweh searches all hearts and understands every motivation of everyone's thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. 1 Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; 1 may my head not refuse to accept it. 1 But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds. 1
Proverbs 1:23Pay attention to my correction; 1 I will pour out my thoughts to you; 1 I will make my words known to you. 1
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. 1 A wise son makes his father rejoice 1 but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. 1
Proverbs 13:18The one who ignores instruction will have poverty and shame, 1 but honor will come to him who learns from correction. 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 →