Proverbs 15:5

New English Translation

⁵A fool rejects his father’s discipline,
but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.^[a]

Proverbs 15:5 tn Heb “is prudent” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NCV, NLT “is wise.” Anyone who accepts correction or rebuke will become prudent in life.

Proverbs 15:5

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)A fool ^(B)despises his father's instruction,
but ^(C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

²⁰A wise child^[a] brings joy to his father,
but a foolish person^[b] despises^[c] his mother.

Proverbs 15:20 tn Heb “son.”
Proverbs 15:20 tn Heb “a fool of a man,” a genitive of specification.
Proverbs 15:20 sn The proverb is almost the same as 10:1, except that “despises” replaces “grief.” This adds the idea of the callousness of the one who inflicts grief on his mother (D. Kidner, Proverbs [TOTC], 116).

²⁰^(A)A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

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