Proverbs 13:15

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 15

The way of sinners is hard upon others, and hard to the sinner himself. The service of sin is slavery; the road to hell is strewed with the thorns and thistles that followed the curse.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.