Proverbs Chapter 13 verse 15 Holy Bible
Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
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Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
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Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.
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Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
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Good understanding wins favor; But the way of the unfaithful is hard.
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Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Good understanding giveth favour (Proverbs 3:4); makes one acceptable to God and man. We are told of Christ that "he increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52). As a good and wise man uses his gifts and graces properly, he wins higher favour from God, and kindles the love and respect of his fellow men. Alter this clause the Septuagint introduces that which occurs also in Proverbs 9:10, "It belongs to a good understanding (διανοίας) to know the Law." The way of transgressors is hard; rough and rugged, leading to desolation, not to waters of comfort. Ecclus. 21:10, "The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell." Vulgate, "In the way of scorners is an abyss;" Septuagint, "The ways of scorners end in destruction."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Good understanding giveth favour.--Comp. the union of "wisdom" and "favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52).The way of transgressors is hard.--Rough and barren as the valley described in Deuteronomy 21:4, in contrast to the green "pastures" and "waters of comfort" of Psalm 23:2.
