Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs 13:15 in other translations
| BSB | Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult. |
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| WEB | Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. |
| ASV | Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard. |
| YLT | Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard. |
| DARBY | Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard. |
| BBE | Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction. |
| Webster | Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is hard. |
What does Proverbs 13:15 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 13:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 13:15
- Jeremiah 2:19
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- Proverbs 15:10
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
- Romans 6:21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Psalms 95:9-11
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
- Acts 7:10
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- Psalms 111:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
- Proverbs 3:4
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- 1 Samuel 18:14-16
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him. Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
- Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
- Proverbs 14:35
The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:4; 14:35; 1Sa 18:14-16; Lu 2:52; Ac 7:10
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4:19; 15:10; Ps 95:9-11; Jer 2:19; Ro 6:21
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
- Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Proverbs 13:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El buen entendimiento conciliará gracia: mas el camino de los prevaricadores es duro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le bon sens procure la faveur, mais la voie des perfides est dure. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gute Einsicht verschafft Gunst, aber der Treulosen Weg ist hart. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Doctrina bona dabit gratiam; in itinere contemptorum vorago. |