Proverbs 15:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פּוֹרֵ֣עַ מ֭וּסָר מוֹאֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְשׁוֹמֵ֥עַ תּ֝וֹכַ֗חַת ק֣וֹנֶה לֵּֽב׃

Transliteration

Pôrēaʿ mûsār môʾēs nap̄šô wəšômēaʿ tôḵaḥat qôneh lēḇ

Grammar Details

• *Pôrēaʿ*: qal participle, masculine singular - ignores/rejects
• *mûsār*: noun, masculine singular - discipline/instruction
• *môʾēs*: qal participle, masculine singular - despises/rejects
• *nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/himself
• *wəšômēaʿ*: conjunction + qal participle, masculine singular - but hearer of
• *tôḵaḥat*: noun, feminine singular - reproof/correction
• *qôneh*: qal participle, masculine singular - acquires/gains
• *lēḇ*: noun, masculine singular - heart/understanding

Word Meanings

• *Pôrēaʿ mûsār*: ignores discipline/rejects instruction
• *môʾēs nap̄šô*: despises himself/rejects his own soul
• *wəšômēaʿ tôḵaḥat*: but hearer of reproof/yet one who listens to correction
• *qôneh lēḇ*: acquires understanding/gains heart/obtains wisdom

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:24-33 : 24 Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: 30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. 32 For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. 26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
• Deut 21:18 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
• Deut 21:20 : 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
• Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
• Prov 5:11-13 : 11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
• Prov 8:33-36 : 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
• Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
• Prov 15:21 : 21 Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
• Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
• Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
• Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Ezek 24:13-14 : 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed thee and thou wast not cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest. 14 I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled;