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 man regarded;
Proverbs 5:11
And thou mourn at the last, 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 hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you, and by it many be defiled;
Instruction
Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thy eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but 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: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
Heareth
Proverbs 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!
Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man shall have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them:
Matthew 7:24
Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:
James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Getteth understanding
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.