
Text -- Proverbs 15:31 (NET)






collapse allCommentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)
Wesley -> Pro 15:31
Wesley: Pro 15:31 - -- The man that hearkens to that reproof which leads to life, seeks and delights in the company of the wise.
The man that hearkens to that reproof which leads to life, seeks and delights in the company of the wise.
(Compare Pro 10:17).
Clarke -> Pro 15:31
Clarke: Pro 15:31 - -- The ear that heareth the reproof - That receives it gratefully and obeys it. "Advice is for them that will take it,"so says one of our own old prove...
The ear that heareth the reproof - That receives it gratefully and obeys it. "Advice is for them that will take it,"so says one of our own old proverbs; and the meaning here is nearly the same.
TSK -> Pro 15:31

collapse allCommentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)
Barnes -> Pro 15:31
Barnes: Pro 15:31 - -- The reproof of life - i. e., The reproof that leads to, or gives life, rather than that which comes from life and its experience.
The reproof of life - i. e., The reproof that leads to, or gives life, rather than that which comes from life and its experience.
Poole -> Pro 15:31
Poole: Pro 15:31 - -- The ear that heareth the man that hearkeneth to it, and delights in it.
The reproof of life that reproof and good counsel which leads to life.
Abi...
The ear that heareth the man that hearkeneth to it, and delights in it.
The reproof of life that reproof and good counsel which leads to life.
Abideth among the wise Heb. shall or will abide , &. c. Either,
1. He will thereby be made wise, and be esteemed one of that number. Or rather,
2. He seeketh and delighteth in the company and conversation of the wise, by whom he may be admonished; as, on the contrary, fools, who hate reproof, do avoid and abhor the society of wise men and reprovers, Amo 5:10 .
Gill -> Pro 15:31
Gill: Pro 15:31 - -- The ear that heareth the reproof of life,.... That is given according to the word of life, in a warm, fervent, and lively manner, with zeal, and in go...
The ear that heareth the reproof of life,.... That is given according to the word of life, in a warm, fervent, and lively manner, with zeal, and in good earnest; which reproves the life of another by his own, as well as by words; and which tends to the spiritual and eternal life of the person reproved; being taken, a man that diligently hearkens to, kindly and cordially receives, and cheerfully obeys such reproof given him,
abideth among the wise; he not only chooseth to be among them, that he may have the advantage of their wise counsels and reproofs, but he becomes wise himself thereby, and attains to the character of a wise man, and is numbered among them; such a man abides in the house of wisdom, the church of God, and attends upon and has conversation with the wise dispensers of the word, and shall have a part with them in the church above, in the kingdom of heaven, where the wise will shine as the firmament; the word here used does not denote a lodging for a night, as it sometimes signifies, but a perpetual abiding.

expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes: Pro 15:31 The proverb is one full sentence; it affirms that a teachable person is among the wise.
Geneva Bible -> Pro 15:31
Geneva Bible: Pro 15:31 The ear that heareth the ( i ) reproof of life abideth among the wise.
( i ) That suffers himself to be admonished by God's word, which brings life: ...

expand allCommentary -- Verse Range Notes
MHCC -> Pro 15:31
Matthew Henry -> Pro 15:31
Matthew Henry: Pro 15:31 - -- Note, 1. It is the character of a wise man that he is very willing to be reproved, and therefore chooses to converse with those that, both by their ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 15:31
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 15:31 - --
31 An ear which heareth the doctrine of life
Keeps itself in the circle of the wise.
As, Pro 6:33, תוכחות מוסר means instructions aimin...
Constable -> Pro 10:1--22:17; Pro 14:1--15:33
Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16
Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...
