Proverbs 15:32
Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
Proverbs 1:24-33
Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
Deuteronomy 21:18
When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --
Deuteronomy 21:20
and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;
Psalm 50:17
Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
Proverbs 1:7
Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
Proverbs 5:11-13
And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Proverbs 8:33-36
Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.
Proverbs 17:16
Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 29:1
A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Isaiah 1:5
Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart is sick.
Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.
Ezekiel 24:13-14
In thine uncleanness is wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.
Matthew 7:24-27
'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;
Hebrews 12:15
looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
James 1:22
and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
Revelation 3:19
'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;