Proverbs 13:15

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Summary

Proverbs 13:15

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

Good

Acts 7:10

But

Romans 6:21

Bible References

Good

So find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.

The king’s favor and good will are toward a servant who acts wisely and discreetly,
But his anger and wrath are toward him who acts shamefully.

David acted wisely and prospered in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.

And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.

and He rescued him from all his suffering, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made Joseph governor over Egypt and over his entire household.

But

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

There is severe discipline for him who turns from the way [of righteousness];
And he who hates correction will die.

“When your fathers tested Me,
They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].

“Your own wickedness will discipline you,
And your desertion of the faith will punish you.
Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing
For you to abandon (reject) the Lord your God,
And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord God of hosts.

So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death!