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
Hearken, ye sons, unto the chastening of the father, and pay attention that ye might know understanding.
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is sadness unto his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
The fool despises his father's chastening, but he that regards reproof shall become prudent.
But
Proverbs 9:7
He that chastens a scorner brings shame unto himself, and he that chastens a wicked man brings himself a blot.
Proverbs 14:6
The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.
1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sins against another, the judges shall judge him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they did not hearken unto the voice of their father because the LORD had already decided to kill them.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that have taken rule over this people which is in Jerusalem.
General references
Ruth 2:23
So she kept close by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest and dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab our father, the son of Rechab, in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;