Proverbs 15:32

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Summary

Proverbs 15:32

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

Refuseth

Hebrews 12:15

Instruction

Heareth

Revelation 3:19

Getteth understanding

Proverbs 15:14

Proverbs 18:15

Bible References

Refuseth

Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Instruction

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart is sick.

Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

In thine uncleanness is wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.

Heareth

And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

Getteth understanding

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.