Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Instruction
Getteth understanding
Bible References
Refuseth
Proverbs 1:24
Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my hand, and no one paid attention;
Proverbs 5:11
and you moan when your end comes, when your flesh and muscle are eaten away,
Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Psalm 50:17
Yea, you hate to be taught, and you toss My Words behind you.
Hebrews 12:15
looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God, or lest any root of bitterness springing up disturb you, and by it many are defiled,
Instruction
Proverbs 29:1
A man who hardens his neck when reproved shall be suddenly broken, and there will be no healing.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should you be stricken any more? You will revolt more and more; the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.
Ezekiel 24:13
In your defilement is wickedness. Because I have purged you and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your defilement any more, until I have caused My fury to cease on you.
Heareth
Proverbs 5:13
and I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor bowed down my ears to those who taught me!
Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a son who is stubborn and rebels, who will not obey his father's voice or his mother's voice, even when they have chastened him he will not listen to them,
Matthew 7:24
Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
James 1:22
But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent.
Getteth understanding
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.