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
Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it,
Proverbs 5:11
Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods,
Proverbs 8:33
O give ear unto nurture, be wise, and refuse it not.
Psalm 50:17
whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?
Hebrews 12:15
And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:
Instruction
Proverbs 29:1
He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.
Isaiah 1:5
Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy.
Jeremiah 5:3
Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend.
Ezekiel 24:13
Thy filthiness is abominable, for I would have cleansed thee, but thou wouldest not be cleansed. Thou canst not be purged from thine uncleanness, till I have poured my wrathful indignation upon thee.
Heareth
Proverbs 5:13
Wherefore was not I obedient unto the voice of my teachers, and hearken not unto them that informed me?
Deuteronomy 21:18
If any man have a son that is stubborn, and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father and voice of his mother, and they have taught him nurture, but he would not hearken unto them:
Matthew 7:24
"Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock:
James 1:22
And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent.
Getteth understanding
Proverbs 15:14
A wise heart will seek after knowledge; but the mouths of fools meddle with foolishness.
Proverbs 18:15
A wise heart laboureth for knowledge; and a prudent ear seeketh understanding.