Proverbs 15:5
WEB
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
BSB
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
KJV
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H191
a-m — silly
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
(figuratively) silly
KJV: fool(-ish) (man).
adj — foolish
אֱוִיל 26 adj. foolish
H5006
v — scorn, bloom
Derivation: a primitive root;
to scorn; or (in Ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for 5132, to bloom
KJV: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, × great, provoke.
vb — contemn
נָאַץ vb. contemn, spurn
Qal contemn
Pi. contemn, spurn
Hiph.
Hithpo‛el every day is my name contemned
H4148
n-m — chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint
Derivation: from 3256;
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV: bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
n.m — discipline
מוּסָר n.m. discipline (of the moral nature), chastening, correction
H1
n-m — father
Derivation: a primitive word;
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
KJV: chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
n.m — father
אָב 1101 n.m. father
1. father of individual
2. of God as father of his people
3. head of household, family or clan
4. ancestor
5. originator or patron of a class, profession, or art
6. fig. of producer, generator
7. fig. of benevolence & protection
8. term of respect & honor
9. specif., ruler, chief (late)
H8104
v — hedge, guard, protect, attend to
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
vb — keep
שָׁמַר 465 vb. keep, watch, preserve
Qal 425
1.
a. keep, have charge of
b. keep, guard, captives
c. hence, watch for, wait for
d. watch, observe
2.
a. keep, retain, of storing up (food)
b. keep within bounds, restrain
3.
a. observe, celebrate
b. keep sabbath
c. of other obligations
d. observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)
4. sts. י׳ subj.
5. keep, reserve, weeks of harvest
Niph. 36
1. be on one's guard
2. keep oneself, refrain, abstain
3. be kept, guarded
Pi. those paying regard to false vanities
Hithp. I kept myself from
H8433
n-f — chastisement, correction, refutation, proof
Derivation: and תּוֹכַחַת; from 3198;
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV: argument, × chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, × be (often) reproved.
n.f — rebuke
תּוֹכֵחָה n.f. rebuke, correction
n.f — argument
תּוֹכַ֫חַת n.f. argument, reproof
1. argument, impeachment, spoken by lips and mouth
2. reproof, chiding
3. correction, rebuke
H6191
v — be, make, bare, be cunning
Derivation: a primitive root;
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)
KJV: × very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.
vb — be shrewd
[עָרֹם] vb. be shrewd, crafty
Qal he is exceedingly crafty
Hiph. be crafty; be or become shrewd
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Verse 5
Proverbs 15:5
Hence, 1. Let superiors be admonished to give instruction and reproof to those that are under their charge, as they will answer it in the day of account. They must not only instruct with the light of knowledge, but reprove with the heat of zeal; and both these must be done with the authority and affection of a father, and must be continued, though the desired effect be not immediately perceived. If the instruction be despised, give reproof, and rebuke sharply. It is indeed against the grain with good-humoured men to find fault, and make those about them uneasy; but better so than to suffer them to go on undisturbed in the way to ruin. 2. Let inferiors be admonished, not only to submit to instruction and reproof (even hardships must be submitted to), but to value them as favours and not despise them, to make use of them for their direction, and always to have a regard to them; this will be an evidence that they are wise and a means of making them so; whereas he that slights his good education is a fool and is likely to live and die one.