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Proverbs 15:5

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A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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  1. Proverbs 15:3

    The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  2. Proverbs 15:4

    A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

  3. Proverbs 15:6

    In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  4. Proverbs 15:7

    The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.