Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Getteth understanding

Bible References

Refuseth

Proverbs 1:24
“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
Proverbs 5:11
And you groan at your final end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
Proverbs 8:33
Heed instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
Psalm 50:17
“For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

Instruction

Proverbs 29:1
A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.
Isaiah 1:5
Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?
You have smitten them,
But they did not weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.
Ezekiel 24:13
“In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have spent My wrath on you.

Heareth

Proverbs 5:13
“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
Deuteronomy 21:18
“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,
Matthew 7:24
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
James 1:22
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

Getteth understanding

Proverbs 15:14
The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
Proverbs 18:15
The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.