Verse 15

Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:4 : 4 Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
• Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the LORD your God, to show no respect for me,” says the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
• Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
• Acts 7:10 : 10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
• Rom 6:21 : 21 So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
• Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
• Prov 14:35 : 35 The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
• Prov 15:10 : 10 Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
• 1 Sam 18:14-16 : 14 Now David achieved success in all he did, for the LORD was with him. 15 When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.
• Ps 95:9-9 : 9 where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work. 10 For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said,‘These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.’ 11 So I made a vow in my anger,‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”
• Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.