“Good understanding wins favour, but the way of the unfaithful is *hard” – Proverbs 13:5
(*or does not endure)
What is a characteristic of a wise woman? This proverb focuses on good understanding.
What is good understanding?
Good understanding here seems to be to characterising people who learn the right thing to do and who also live it out. They are willing to be taught and to change. They are promised favour with God and with men.
The unfaithful are the ones who learn the ways of God but reject them, having a way of living that turns aside. They are not willing to change from destructive habits or behaviour. There is hardship and fleeting pleasure in that path, we are told.
If we can listen to people in our life who will guide us well, we might avoid a lot of sorrow.
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Similar Proverbs: 13:13
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