Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Instruction
Getteth understanding
Bible References
Refuseth
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
Proverbs 5:11
and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Proverbs 8:33
hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
Psalm 50:17
Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
Hebrews 12:15
watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Instruction
Proverbs 29:1
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Ezekiel 24:13
In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
Heareth
Proverbs 5:13
and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
Matthew 7:24
Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
Revelation 3:19
I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent.
Getteth understanding
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of an intelligent man seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of an intelligent man getteth knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.