Verse 1

A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
• Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
• Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot. 8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
• Isa 28:14-15 : 14 Wherefore, heare the worde of the Lorde, ye scornefull men that rule this people, which is at Ierusalem. 15 Because ye haue said, We haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge runne ouer, and passe through, it shal not come at vs: for we haue made falshood our refuge, & vnder vanitie are we hid,
• Prov 14:6 : 6 A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
• Prov 15:5 : 5 A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
• 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shal iudge it: but if a man sinne against the Lord, who will pleade for him? Notwithstanding they obeyed not the voyce of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
• Prov 4:1-9 : 1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding. 2 For I doe giue you a good doctrine: therefore forsake yee not my lawe. 3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother, 4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue. 5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. 7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her. 9 She shal giue a comely ornamet vnto thine head, yea, she shal giue thee a crowne of glorie. 10 Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many. 11 I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse. 12 Whe thou goest, thy gate shal not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. 13 Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life. 14 Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men.
• Prov 4:20-22 : 20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart. 22 For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.