Text -- Proverbs 15:31 (NET)

15:31 The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 15:31

¹ tn Heb “ear” (so KJV, NRSV). The term “ear” is a synecdoche of part (= ear) for the whole (= person).

² tn “Life” is an objective genitive: Reproof brings or preserves life. Cf. NIV “life-giving rebuke”; NLT “constructive criticism.”

³ tn Heb “lodges.” This means to live with, to be at home with.

⁴ sn The proverb is one full sentence; it affirms that a teachable person is among the wise.