Proverbs 15:5
A foolish [son], spurneth the correction of his father, but, he that heedeth a reproof, sheweth prudence.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it came to pass, after this, that Absolom prepared him chariots and horses,—and fifty men, to run before him.
1 Chronicles 28:9Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,—If thou seek him, He will be found of thee, but, if thou forsake him, He will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man smite me—a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 1:23Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.
Proverbs 10:1The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and contempt, are for him that neglecteth correction, but, he that regardeth reproof, shall be honoured.
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 →