Proverbs 8:33

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:1 : 1 ¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 ¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
  • Prov 1:2-3 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 1:21 : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 ¶ Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
  • Acts 7:35-37 : 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. 36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. 37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
  • Rom 10:16-17 : 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 32¶ Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

  • 78%

    31¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

    32¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

  • 34Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Prov 4:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

    2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

  • 1¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

  • 10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • 5A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • 33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

  • 17¶ He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • 17¶ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

  • 20¶ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

  • 1¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  • 12¶ Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • 19¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • 5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  • 7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1¶ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

  • Prov 7:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

    25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

  • 20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

  • 27¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • 5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • 18¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  • 9Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

  • 5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • 10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • 16¶ If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

  • 8¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • 3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

  • 9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • 6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

  • 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

  • 5[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • 2Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

  • 23¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

  • 13Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

  • 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • 23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  • 1¶ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  • Prov 5:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

    13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

  • 30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.