Verse 1

A wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng: but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:1 : 1 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
• Prov 15:20 : 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.
• Prov 9:7-8 : 7 Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe. 8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.
• Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Wherfore heare the word of the Lord ye mockers, ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at Hierusalem. 15 Because ye haue sayd, We haue made a couenaunt with death, and with hell are we at agreement: and though there go foorth a sore plague, it shall not come vnto vs, for we haue made falsehood our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid.
• Prov 14:6 : 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.
• Prov 15:5 : 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.
• 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shall iudge it: But if a man sinne against the Lord, who will be his dayseman? Notwithstandiug, they hearkened not vnto the voyce of their father, because the Lorde would slay the.
• Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding. 2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe. 3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother: 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue. 5 Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee. 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding. 8 Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour: 9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory. 10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many. 11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes. 12 So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. 13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life. 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked:
• Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges: 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart: 22 For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.