Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In Context
4A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it — a breach in the spirit.
6[In] the house of the righteous [is] abundant strength, And in the increase of the wicked — trouble.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:1And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Absalom prepareth for himself a chariot, and horses, and fifty men are running before him;
1 Chronicles 28:9'And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
Psalms 141:5The righteous doth beat me [in] kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer [is] about their vexations.
Proverbs 1:23Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
Proverbs 10:1Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.
Proverbs 13:18Whoso is refusing instruction — poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is 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 →