Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's correction,but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A gentle tongue is a tree of life,but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
6In the house of the righteous is much treasure,but the income of the wicked brings trouble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1It happened after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;do not let my head refuse it;Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Proverbs 1:23Turn at my reproof.Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you.I will make known my words to you.
Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son makes a glad father;but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline,but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
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 →