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Proverbs 15:5 Interlinear

“A fool despiseth instruction his father's but he that regardeth reproof is prudent”

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Proverbs 15 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אֱוִ֗יל	H191	A fool	(figuratively) silly
2	יִ֭נְאַץ	H5006	despiseth	to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom
3	מוּסַ֣ר	H4148	instruction	properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
4	אָבִ֑יו	H1	his father's	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
5	וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר	H8104	but he that regardeth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
6	תּוֹכַ֣חַת	H8433	reproof	chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defense)
7	יַעְרִֽם׃	H6191	is prudent	properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)

Proverbs 15:5 (current)A fool despiseth instruction his father's but he that regardeth reproof is prudent