Proverbs 13:15

¹⁵ Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[1]

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Other Translations of Proverbs 13:15

King James Version

¹⁵ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

English Standard Version

¹⁵ Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut

The Message

¹⁵ Sound thinking makes for gracious living, but liars walk a rough road.

New King James Version

¹⁵ Good understanding gains favor, But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

New Living Translation

¹⁵ A person with good sense is respected; a treacherous person is headed for destruction.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 13:15

Commentary on Proverbs 13:15

(Read Proverbs 13:15)

The way of sinners is hard upon others, and hard to the sinner himself. The service of sin is slavery; the road to hell is strewed with the thorns and thistles that followed the curse.