15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.


In Context

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

13 He who scorns instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command is rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

16 Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.

17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 13:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:15Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hard.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of the treacherous is rugged.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:15Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.