Focused Passage

Proverbs 15:5

The LORD Sees Every Heart: Wise Speech, Teachable Correction, and the Path of Life

The chapter moves through speech and correction, worship and divine scrutiny, the heart and knowledge, fear of the LORD and household peace, counsel and timely words, the upward path of life, the LORD's opposition to pride and greed, and the final union of correction, understanding, fear of the LORD, humility, and honor.

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5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

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Verse 5

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A foolאֱוִ֗ילH191Noun - masculine singularrejectsיִ֭נְאַץH5006Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis father’sאָבִ֑יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singulardisciplineמוּסַ֣רH4148Noun - masculine singular constructbut whoever heedsוְשֹׁמֵ֖רH8104Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularcorrectionתּוֹכַ֣חַתH8433Noun - feminine singularis prudentיַעְרִֽם׃H6191Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular

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