Proverbs 15:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth 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 refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 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 turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
• Matt 7:24-27 : 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Deut 21:18 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened 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{H8804)} instruction, and castest{H8686)} my words behind thee.
• Prov 5:11-13 : 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not 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 favour of the LORD. 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 foolishness.
• Prov 15:21 : 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
• Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
• 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 should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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 purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. 14 I the LORD 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 GOD.
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;