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Proverbs 15:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 15 · verse 5
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.Proverbs 15:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 15:5 in context
3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- despisethnâʼatsto scornH5006 →
- regardethshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- reprooftôwkêchâhchastisementH8433 →
- foolʼĕvîylsillyH191 →
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Hence, 1. Let superiors be admonished to give instruction and reproof to those that are under their charge, as they will answer it in the day of account. They must not only instruct with the light of knowledge, but reprove with the heat of zeal;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary