Proverbs 13:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot. 8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
  • Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Wherefore, heare the worde of the Lorde, ye scornefull men that rule this people, which is at Ierusalem. 15 Because ye haue said, We haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge runne ouer, and passe through, it shal not come at vs: for we haue made falshood our refuge, & vnder vanitie are we hid,
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shal iudge it: but if a man sinne against the Lord, who will pleade for him? Notwithstanding they obeyed not the voyce of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
  • Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding. 2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe. 3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother, 4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue. 5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. 7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her. 9 She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie. 10 Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many. 11 I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse. 12 Whe thou goest, thy gate shal not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. 13 Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life. 14 Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
  • Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart. 22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:5
    82%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 15:12
    81%

    12A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.

  • Prov 19:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

    25Smite a scorner, and the foolish wil beware: and reproue the prudent, and he wil vnderstand knowledge.

    26He that destroyeth his father, or chaseth away his mother, is a lewde and shamefull childe.

    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Prov 15:20
    78%

    20A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.

    32Hee that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeyeth correction, getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 4:1
    77%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • Prov 9:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.

    8Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

    9Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 13:18
    77%

    18Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.

  • Prov 14:6
    76%

    6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

    12For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

  • Deut 21:18
    76%

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Prov 8:33
    75%

    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 17:25
    75%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 13:24
    75%

    24He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.

  • Prov 27:11
    75%

    11My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Prov 21:11
    75%

    11When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.

  • Prov 10:17
    75%

    17He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

  • Prov 12:1
    75%

    1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.

  • Eccl 7:5
    74%

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

  • Prov 28:7
    74%

    7He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 29:15
    74%

    15The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

  • Prov 23:13
    74%

    13Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.

  • Heb 12:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:

    7If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not?

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

  • Prov 25:12
    72%

    12He that reprooueth the wise, and the obedient eare, is as a golden earering and an ornament of fine golde.

  • Prov 12:15
    72%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

  • Prov 19:13
    72%

    13A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.

  • Prov 23:15
    72%

    15My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 10:13
    72%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.

  • Prov 13:2
    72%

    2A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.

  • Prov 21:24
    71%

    24Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.