SinaiProverbs 15:5
American Standard Version
A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
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Proverbs 15:5 in other translations
A fool despises his father’s correction,
but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Proverbs 15:5 in context
- 3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
- 4A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
- 5A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
- 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.