Proverbs 15:32
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
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refuseth

Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Proverbs 5:11, 12
At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent, . . .

Proverbs 8:33-36
Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. . . .

Psalm 50:17
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Hebrews 12:15
Be careful that no one falls short of the grace of God, so that no root of bitterness will spring up to cause trouble and defile many.

instruction or correction

Proverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Ezekiel 24:13, 14
Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. . . .

heareth

Proverbs 5:13
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Deuteronomy 21:18, 20
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother, or listen to them when disciplined, . . .

Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. . . .

James 1:22
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

getteth understanding

Proverbs 15:14, 21
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. . . .

Proverbs 17:16
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He who neglects discipline despises himself, But he who listens to reproof acquires understanding.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.

International Standard Version
Whoever ignores instruction hates himself, but anyone who heeds reproof gains understanding.

NET Bible
The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The one that detests discipline hates his soul and the one that hears correction possesses wisdom.
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