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Proverbs 15:5

Proverbs 15:5

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

Hence, 1. Let superiors be admonished to give instruction and reproof

to those that are under their charge, as they will answer it in the day

of account. They must not only instruct with the light of knowledge,

but reprove with the heat of zeal; and both these must be done with the

authority and affection of a father, and must be continued, though the

desired effect be not immediately perceived. If the instruction be

despised, give reproof, and rebuke sharply. It is indeed against the

grain with good-humoured men to find fault, and make those about them

uneasy; but better so than to suffer them to go on undisturbed in the

way to ruin. 2. Let inferiors be admonished, not only to submit to

instruction and reproof (even hardships must be submitted to), but to

value them as favours and not despise them, to make use of them for

their direction, and always to have a regard to them; this will be an

evidence that they are wise and a means of making them so; whereas he

that slights his good education is a fool and is likely to live and die

one.

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