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 ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom.
Proverbs 10:1
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that taketh heed when he is reproved, shall have the more understanding.
But
Proverbs 9:7
Whoso reproveth a scornful person, getteth himself dishonour: and he that rebuketh the ungodly, staineth himself.
Proverbs 14:6
A scornful body seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy to come by, unto him that will understand.
1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge can redress it. But if a man sin against the LORD, who can redress it?" Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for the LORD's will was to slay them.
Isaiah 28:14
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye mockers that rule the LORD's people, which is at Jerusalem.
General references
Ruth 2:23
And so she kept her by the maidens of Boaz, to gather unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest also: and dwelt with her mother-in-law.
Jeremiah 35:8
Thus have we obeyed the commandment of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged us, and so we drink no wine all our life long: we, nor our wives, our sons, and our daughters.