King James Version
Proverbs 15:5 in the King James Version says “A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.”
Proverbs 15:5 · KJV
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome: Heb. The healing of the tongue
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“despiseth”
H5006to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom
“instruction”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
“his father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“but he that regardeth”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“reproof”
H8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defense)
“is prudent”
H6191properly, 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)
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