Proverbs 13:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

KJV

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

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.

LSV

Good understanding gives grace, || And the way of the treacherous [is] hard.

YLT

Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous [is] hard.

DBY

Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.

DRC

Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.

GNV

Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated.

JPS

Good understanding giveth grace; but the way of the faithless is harsh.

LXXE

Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שֵֽׂכֶל־ט֭וֹב יִתֶּן־חֵ֑ן וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֹּגְדִ֣ים אֵיתָֽן׃

LXX-Br

Σύνεσις ἀγαθὴ δίδωσι χάριν, τὸ δὲ γνῶναι νόμον διανοίας ἐστὶν ἀγαθῆς, ὁδοὶ δὲ καταφρονούντων ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
• Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
• Proverbs 15:10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
• Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
• Psalms 95:9–11where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” So I…
• Acts 7:10and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
• Proverbs 3:4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
• Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
• 1 Samuel 18:14–16and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him. When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to…
• Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
• Proverbs 14:35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

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