Proverbs 8:33

World English Bible (2000)

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:1 : 1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
  • Prov 1:2-3 : 2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding; 3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
  • Prov 1:8 : 8 My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
  • Prov 1:21 : 21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 "Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Acts 7:35-37 : 35 "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
  • Rom 10:16-17 : 16 But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" 17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

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  • Job 33:33
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    19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

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    5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

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    7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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  • Prov 7:24-25
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    20 My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

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  • Prov 13:18
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    18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

  • Prov 9:9
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