Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
BSB
ASV
A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
KJV
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
HOMILY ON THE BEGINNING OF PROVERBS 11 (379)
Prudence is that quality by which all things are accomplished through skillful industry, in the same way that malice is that quality whereby only evil is perpetrated. Because, therefore, every activity admits prudence and because evils likewise occur in all things, the name of prudence signifies two realities. Whoever uses cleverness and skill for the destruction of others is evil, but one who acts cleverly and shrewdly to avoid the harm that others have in store for him, directly and wisely detecting his own good, possesses a prudence that is worthy of praise.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
leads to
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
Through
1 Chronicles 28:20David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you…
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Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Through
Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
leads to
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
