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 my sons to what your father teaches you. Pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son makes a father glad: but a foolish son is sorrow (depression) (grief) for his mother.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who accepts discipline is prudent.
But
Proverbs 9:7
Correct a scoffer and get dishonor for yourself. Rebuke a wicked man and receive insults.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it. Knowledge is easy to him who discerns.
1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against Jehovah, who will intercede for him? But his sons did not listen to the voice of their father. Jehovah desired to put them to death.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,
General references
Ruth 2:23
So she kept near the servant girls of Boaz to gather the grain till the cutting of the early grain and the cutting of the late grain was ended. She continued living with her mother-in-law.
Jeremiah 35:8
We have obeyed all the instructions that Jonadab gave us. We never drink wine, and neither do our wives, our sons, or our daughters.