Proverbs 1:8
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Avoid evil associations
8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction;
don’t neglect your mother’s teaching;
Proverbs 1:20-33
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Listen to “Woman Wisdom”
20 Wisdom shouts in the street;
in the public square she raises her voice.
21 Above the noisy crowd, she calls out.
At the entrances of the city gates, she has her say:
22 “How long will you clueless people love your naïveté,
mockers hold their mocking dear,
and fools hate knowledge?
23 You should respond when I correct you.
Look, I’ll pour out my spirit on you.
I’ll reveal my words to you.
24 I invited you, but you rejected me;
I stretched out my hand to you,
but you paid no attention.
25 You ignored all my advice,
and you didn’t want me to correct you.
26 So I’ll laugh at your disaster;
I’ll make fun of you when dread comes over you,
27 when terror hits you like a hurricane,
and your disaster comes in like a tornado,
when distress and oppression overcome you.
28 Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will seek me, but won’t find me
29 because they hated knowledge
and didn’t choose the fear of the Lord.
30 They didn’t want my advice;
they rejected all my corrections.
31 They will eat from the fruit of their way,
and they’ll be full of their own schemes.
32 The immature will die because they turn away;
smugness will destroy fools.
33 Those who obey me will dwell securely,
untroubled by the dread of harm.”
Proverbs 3:11-12
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11 Don’t reject the instruction of the Lord, my son;
don’t despise his correction.
12 The Lord loves those he corrects,
just like a father who treats his son with favor.
Proverbs 4:1
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Love wisdom
4 Hear, children, fatherly instruction;
pay attention to gain understanding.
Proverbs 9:7-8
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Wise advice
7 Whoever instructs the cynic gets insulted;
whoever corrects the wicked gets hurt.
8 Don’t correct the impudent, or they will hate you;
correct the wise, and they will love you.
Proverbs 10:17
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17 Those who heed instruction are on the way to life,
but those who ignore correction lose their way.
Proverbs 12:1
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12 Those who love discipline love knowledge,
and those who hate correction are stupid.
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son listens to[a] the discipline of his father,
but a mocker doesn’t listen to correction.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:1 Heb lacks listens to.
Proverbs 13:18
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18 Poverty and shame come to those who don’t care about instruction;
honor belongs to those who heed correction.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool doesn’t like a father’s instruction,
but those who heed correction are mature.
Proverbs 15:12
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12 Mockers don’t like those who correct them.
They won’t go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:32
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32 Those who refuse discipline despise themselves,
but those who listen to correction gain understanding.
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