Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.

New American Standard Bible

Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.

King James Version

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Holman Bible

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

A Conservative Version

Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

American Standard Version

Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

Amplified


“Heed (pay attention to) instruction and be wise,
And do not ignore or neglect it.

Bible in Basic English

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

Darby Translation

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Julia Smith Translation

Hear ye instructions, and be wise, and ye shall not reject it

King James 2000

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Hear teaching and be wise; do not neglect [it].

Modern King James verseion

Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O give ear unto nurture, be wise, and refuse it not.

NET Bible

Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

New Heart English Bible

Hear instruction, and be wise. Do not refuse it.

The Emphasized Bible

Hear ye correction, and be wise, and do not neglect.

Webster

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
and be wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 27

and refuse
פּרע 
Para` 
Usage: 16

Context Readings

Benefits Of Following Wisdom

32 "So listen to me, children! Blessed are those who obey me. 33 Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it. 34 Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorways


Cross References

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

Psalm 81:11-12

Yet my people didn't obey my voice; Israel didn't submit to me.

Proverbs 1:2-3

These proverbs are for gaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;

Proverbs 1:8

My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching.

Proverbs 1:21

She calls out at the busiest part of the noisy streets, and at the entrance to the gates of the city she utters her words:

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and listen closely to my insight,

Isaiah 55:1-3

"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters! Also, you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Acts 7:35-37

"This same Moses whom they rejected by saying, "Who made you ruler and judge?' was the man whom God sent to be both their ruler and deliverer with the help of the angel who had appeared to him in the bush.

Romans 10:16-17

But not everyone has obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed our message?"

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!

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