Proverbs 13:1
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't 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 brings grief to his mother.
- Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. 8 Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
- Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem: 15 "Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"
- Prov 14:6 : 6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
- Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
- 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
- Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; 2 for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law. 3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. 6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. 7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. 8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. 9 She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you." 10 Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. 11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. 12 When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. 13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. 14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
- Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not 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 their whole body.
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5 A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
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12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
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25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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20 A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
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31 The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.
32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
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1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
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7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8 Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
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18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
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6 A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
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7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
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1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
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11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
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18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
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33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
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25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
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24 One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
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11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
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11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
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17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
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1 Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
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5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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7 Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
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1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
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15 The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
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13 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
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13 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
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10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.
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6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."
7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
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5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
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12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
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15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine:
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19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
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21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
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13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
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2 By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.
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24 The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
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5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.