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
Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father's instructions, but anyone who respects reproof acts sensibly.
But
Proverbs 9:7
Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
Proverbs 14:6
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.
1 Samuel 2:25
If a person sins against another, God will mediate for him, but if a person sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?"
Isaiah 28:14
"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.
General references
Ruth 2:23
So Ruth continued to stay close to the young women who worked for Boaz, gathering grain until both the barley and wheat harvests were complete, all the while living with her mother-in-law.
Jeremiah 35:8
We have obeyed everything that our ancestor, Rechab's son Jonadab, commanded us. So we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters have drunk no wine all our lives,