Proverbs 13:15 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁵ Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Good understanding giveth favour: But the way of transgressors is hard.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard [like the barren, dry soil or the impassable swamp].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Good insight brings favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Good doctrine bestows grace. In the way of the contemptuous, there is a chasm.

Proverbs 13:15 Cross References

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures for ever!

Proverbs 14:35

A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

Proverbs 15:10

There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 3:4

So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your wickedness will chasten you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.

Luke 2:52

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man.

Acts 7:10

and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.

Romans 6:21

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.