31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
31 The ear H241 that heareth H8085 the reproof H8433 of life H2416 abideth H3885 among H7130 the wise. H2450
31 The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
31 An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
31 The ear that listens to reproof lives, And will be at home among the wise.
31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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Commentary on Proverbs 15 Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
We take these verses together as forming a group which begins with a proverb regarding the good and evil which flows from the tongue, and closes with a proverb regarding the treasure in which blessing is found, and that in which no blessing is found.
Proverbs 15:1
1 A soft answer turneth away wrath,
And a bitter word stirreth up anger.
In the second line, the common word for anger ( אף , from the breathing with the nostrils, Proverbs 14:17) is purposely placed, but in the first, that which denotes anger in the highest degree ( חמה from יחם , cogn. חמם , Arab. hamiya , to glow, like שׁנה from ישׁן ): a mild, gentle word turns away the heat of anger ( excandescentiam ), puts it back, cf. Proverbs 25:15. The Dagesh in רּך follows the rule of the דחיק , i.e. , of the close connection of a word terminating with the accented eh, aah, ah with the following word ( Michlol 63b). The same is the meaning of the Latin proverb:
Frangitur ira gravis
Quando est responsio suavis