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Proverbs 15:5
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Only a fool despises a parent's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.
A fool despises his father's correction; But he that regards reproof gets prudence.
Fools reject their parents' correction, but anyone who accepts correction is wise.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
A [flippant, arrogant] fool rejects his father's instruction and correction, But he who [is willing to learn and] regards and keeps in mind a reprimand acquires good sense.
A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
A fool scorneth the techyng of his fadir; but he that kepith blamyngis, schal be maad wisere. Moost vertu schal be in plenteuouse riytfulnesse; but the thouytis of wickid men schulen be drawun vp bi the roote.
A fool despiseth his father's correction: but he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Don't be a fool and disobey your parents. Be smart! Accept correction.
A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
A fool despises his father's discipline, but he who heeds warnings is prudent.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
Fools refuse to listen to their father's advice, but those who accept discipline are smart.
A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but hee that regardeth reproofe, is prudent.
A fool turns away from the strong teaching of his father, but he who remembers the strong words spoken to him is wise.
A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.
A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
A fool mocks his fathers instruction; but he who regards reproof is prudent.
It is foolish to ignore what your parents taught you; it is wise to accept their correction.
A foolish son , spurneth the correction of his father, but, he that heedeth a reproof, sheweth prudence.
A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.
A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
A fool scorns his fathers instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.
A fool despises his father’s discipline,but a person who accepts correction is sensible.
A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.
A fool despises his father's instruction, but he keeping correction is sensible.
A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.
Moral dropouts won't listen to their elders; welcoming correction is a mark of good sense.
A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.
A fool despises his father's instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.
A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who regards reproof is sensible.
An ignorant fool spurns his father's discipline,But he who keeps reproof is prudent.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fool: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 13:1, Proverbs 13:18, 1 Samuel 2:23-25, 2 Samuel 15:1-6, 1 Chronicles 22:11-13, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 28:20
but: Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 1:23, Proverbs 6:23, Proverbs 19:20, Proverbs 25:12, Psalms 141:5, Titus 1:13, Titus 2:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour Deuteronomy 21:18 - obey the voice Proverbs 1:7 - but Proverbs 5:12 - How Proverbs 17:10 - General Proverbs 19:25 - reprove
Cross-References
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
The Lord said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess."
But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord , by what can I know that I am to possess it?"
I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord 's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."
I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants.
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.'"
The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A fool despiseth his father's instruction,.... They are fools that despise any instruction that is wise, good, and profitable; and especially a father's instruction, whose love, tender affection, and care, will not suffer him, knowingly, to give any but what is good and wholesome: wherefore to despise it is not only a contempt of his authority, but a slight of his love; which are both very aggravating, and sufficiently demonstrate his folly; and of which he may be himself convinced when it is too late, and say, "how have I hated instruction [and] despised reproof?" Proverbs 5:12. He is a fool that despises the instruction of anyone superior to him in years and experience; of ministers of the word; and especially of our Father which is in heaven, declared in the sacred Scriptures, which are written for instruction in righteousness;
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent; the reproof of a father, whose corrections are to be submitted to, and received with reverence; and especially of the Father of spirits, whose rebukes are in love, and for profit and advantage; yea, he is a wise man that regards the reproof of the word of God, and the ministers of it; and indeed of any Christian, whether his superior, equal, or inferior, as David did,
Psalms 141:5.