Proverbs 15:32

World English Bible (2000)

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

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  • Prov 1:24-33 : 24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; 25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof; 26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you. 28 Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; 29 because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of Yahweh. 30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes. 32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them. 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm."
  • Matt 7:24-27 : 24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. 25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Deut 21:18 : 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;
  • Deut 21:20 : 20 and they shall tell 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 since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
  • Prov 5:11-13 : 11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, 12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
  • Prov 8:33-36 : 33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it. 34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts. 35 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
  • Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
  • Prov 15:21 : 21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
  • Prov 17:16 : 16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
  • Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
  • Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have 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 your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest. 14 I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

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  • Prov 16:22-23
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    13 Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

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    11 My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

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    7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

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