'Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.' A worthy woman is the crown of her husband. 'A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.' The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; there is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword, 'but the tongue of the wise is health.' Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah. 'In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.

Context

Poetry · Solomon, Agur, Lemuel — Proverbs overview

A. 1–14 Whoso Loveth Correction Loveth Knowledge
B. 15–28 Rash Words Pierce; the Tongue of the Wise Is Health

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