Proverbs 13:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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  • Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
  • Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves:
  • Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sins against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sins against the LORD, who shall intercede for him? Nevertheless, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to kill them.
  • Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding. 2 For I give you good teaching, do not forsake my law. 3 For I was my father's son, tender and dearly loved in the sight of my mother. 4 He also taught me, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; neither turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you: love her, and she will keep you. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she will promote you: she will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. 9 She will give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory she will deliver to you. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many. 11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. 12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; and when you run, you will not stumble. 13 Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your life. 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.
  • Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:5
    82%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 15:12
    81%

    12A scorner does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

  • Prov 19:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

    26He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 15:20
    78%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    78%

    31The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

  • Prov 4:1
    77%

    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

  • Prov 9:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 13:18
    77%

    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 14:6
    76%

    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

  • Prov 1:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;

  • Prov 10:1
    76%

    1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Deut 21:18
    76%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

  • Prov 8:33
    75%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

  • Prov 17:25
    75%

    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 13:24
    75%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 27:11
    75%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may have an answer for him who reproaches me.

  • Prov 21:11
    75%

    11When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

  • Prov 10:17
    75%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 12:1
    75%

    1Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

  • Eccl 7:5
    74%

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

  • Prov 28:7
    74%

    7Whoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of riotous men shames his father.

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 29:15
    74%

    15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

  • Eccl 4:13
    74%

    13Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.

  • Prov 23:13
    74%

    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, and will share the inheritance among the brethren.

  • Prov 22:15
    73%

    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Prov 19:18
    72%

    18Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not spare for his crying.

  • Heb 12:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."

    7If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 25:12
    72%

    12Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

  • Prov 12:15
    72%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 19:13
    72%

    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

  • Prov 23:15
    72%

    15My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 10:13
    72%

    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

  • Prov 13:2
    72%

    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Prov 21:24
    71%

    24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in arrogant wrath.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.