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Proverbs 15:5

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5 A fool despises a parent's instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 15:5

Commentary on Proverbs 15:5

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If instruction is despised, reprove men rather than suffer them to go on undisturbed in the way to ruin.

More Commentaries for Proverbs 15

  • John Darby’s Synopsis
  • The Geneva Study Bible
  • John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible
  • Jamieson, Faussett, and Brown
  • Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete)
  • Wesley’s Explanatory Notes

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