Proverbs 13:15

שֵֽׂכֶל ־ טוֹב יִתֶּן ־ חֵן וְדֶרֶךְ בֹּגְדִים אֵיתָֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

In Context

14תּוֹרַת חָכָם מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת ׃

16כָּל ־ עָרוּם יַעֲשֶׂה בְדָעַת וּכְסִיל יִפְרֹשׂ אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:14וַיְהִי דָוִד לְכָל ־ דָּרְכָו מַשְׂכִּיל וַֽיהוָה עִמּֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 111:10רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה ׀ יִרְאַת יְהוָה שֵׂכֶל טוֹב לְכָל ־ עֹשֵׂיהֶם תְּהִלָּתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַֽד ׃

Proverbs 4:19דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים כָּֽאֲפֵלָה לֹא יָדְעוּ בַּמֶּה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ ׃ פ

Proverbs 15:10מוּסָר רָע לְעֹזֵב אֹרַח שׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת יָמֽוּת ׃

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 →

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