Proverbs 15:5 (LSB)

Passage

An ignorant fool spurns his father’s discipline, But he who keeps reproof is prudent.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of Yahweh are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:4 A tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, But perversion in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:5 An ignorant fool spurns his father’s discipline, But he who keeps reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:6 The house of the righteous has much treasure, But in the income of the wicked there is trouble.

Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ignorant", "fool", "spurns", "father", "discipline", "keeps", "reproof", and "prudent". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ignorant" and "fool", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "A tongue that brings healing is a..." into verse 6's "The house of the righteous has much...", so "ignorant" and "fool" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "ignorant" and "fool" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.