Proverbs 15:31
The ear that listens to reproof lives, And will be at home among the wise.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
- Prov 25:12 : 12 As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
- Isa 55:3 : 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.
- John 15:3-4 : 3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
- 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
- Prov 19:20 : 20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.
- Prov 1:23 : 23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
- Prov 9:8-9 : 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.
- Prov 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.
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