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New Living Translation

Proverbs 15:5

Only a fool despises a parent's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Pride;   Prudence;   Reproof;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Fools;   Prudence;   Prudence-Rashness;   Reproof;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Despisement;   Foolishness;   Instruction;   Prudence;   Reproof;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Wicked;   Contempt;   Fools;   Prudence;   Reproof;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Child, Children;   Fool;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fool;   Get;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Folly and Fool;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 8;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
An ignorant fool spurns his father's discipline,But he who keeps reproof is prudent.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who regards reproof is sensible.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
Darby Translation
A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
New King James Version
A fool despises his father's instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.
Literal Translation
A fool despises his father's instruction, but he keeping correction is sensible.
Easy-to-Read Version
Fools refuse to listen to their father's advice, but those who accept discipline are smart.
World English Bible
A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
King James Version (1611)
A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but hee that regardeth reproofe, is prudent.
King James Version
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.
THE MESSAGE
Moral dropouts won't listen to their elders; welcoming correction is a mark of good sense.
Amplified Bible
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.
American Standard Version
A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Bible in Basic English
A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
Update Bible Version
A fool despises his father's correction; But he that regards reproof gets prudence.
Webster's Bible Translation
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
New English Translation
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
Contemporary English Version
Don't be a fool and disobey your parents. Be smart! Accept correction.
Complete Jewish Bible
A fool despises his father's discipline, but he who heeds warnings is prudent.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
George Lamsa Translation
A fool mocks his fathers instruction; but he who regards reproof is prudent.
Hebrew Names Version
A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
New Life Bible
A fool turns away from the strong teaching of his father, but he who remembers the strong words spoken to him is wise.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A fool scorns his father’s 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.
English Revised Version
A fool despiseth his father's correction: but he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Berean Standard Bible
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
New Revised Standard
A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A foolish son , spurneth the correction of his father, but, he that heedeth a reproof, sheweth prudence.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Lexham English Bible
A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.
English Standard Version
A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
New American Standard Bible
A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.
New Century Version
Fools reject their parents' correction, but anyone who accepts correction is wise.
Good News Translation
It is foolish to ignore what your parents taught you; it is wise to accept their correction.
Christian Standard Bible®
A fool despises his father's discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.
Revised Standard Version
A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.
Young's Literal Translation
A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

Contextual Overview

5 Only a fool despises a parent's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.

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

Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 13:16
And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
Genesis 15:7
Then the Lord told him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession."
Genesis 15:8
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?"
Genesis 16:10
Then he added, "I will give you more descendants than you can count."
Genesis 22:17
I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 26:4
I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
Exodus 32:13
Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'"
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!

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.


 
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