Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
General references
Bible References
Wise
Proverbs 4:1
Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
But
Proverbs 9:7
Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
1 Samuel 2:25
If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the LORD to put them to death.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem!
General references
Ruth 2:23
So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Jeremiah 35:8
We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,