Proverbs 15:5
“A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.”
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 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.
Cross-References
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
“A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.”
“The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.”
“Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.”
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”