Proverbs 15:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹ֗זֶן שֹׁ֖‪[d]‬מַעַת תּוֹכַ֣חַת חַיִּ֑ים בְּקֶ֖רֶב חֲכָמִ֣ים תָּלִֽין׃

Transliteration

ʾōzen šōmaʿat tôḵaḥat ḥayyîm bəqereḇ ḥăḵāmîm tālîn

Grammar Details

*ʾōzen*: noun, feminine singular - ear
*šōmaʿat*: qal participle, feminine singular - hearing/listening to
*tôḵaḥat*: noun, feminine singular construct - reproof/correction of
*ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
*bəqereḇ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in midst of
*ḥăḵāmîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wise ones
*tālîn*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - lodges/abides

Word Meanings

*ʾōzen šōmaʿat*: ear that hears/listening ear
*tôḵaḥat ḥayyîm*: life-giving reproof/correction that leads to life
*bəqereḇ ḥăḵāmîm*: in midst of wise/among wise ones
*tālîn*: lodges/abides/stays

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Prov 25:12 : 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Isa 55:3 : 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.
John 15:3-4 : 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Prov 1:23 : 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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