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 you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
Proverbs 5:11
and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
Proverbs 8:33
Hear 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 fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Instruction
Proverbs 29:1
He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.
Isaiah 1:5
Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; 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
On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you.
Heareth
Proverbs 5:13
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.
Deuteronomy 21:18
"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
Matthew 7:24
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
James 1:22
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Revelation 3:19
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
Getteth understanding
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Proverbs 18:15
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.