Proverbs 12:1
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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.(A)
Proverbs 15:10
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10 There is severe discipline for one who forsakes the way;
one who hates a rebuke will die.(A)
Proverbs 9:7-8
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General Maxims
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;
whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.(A)
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(B)
Psalm 119:97-100
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97 Oh, how I love your law!
It is my meditation all day long.(A)
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is always with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your decrees are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the aged,
for I keep your precepts.(B)
2 Thessalonians 2:10
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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A)
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Proverbs 18:1
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18 The one who lives alone is self-indulgent,
showing contempt for all sound judgment.[a]
Footnotes
- 18.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.(A)
Isaiah 1:3
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3 The ox knows its owner
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know;
my people do not understand.(A)
Proverbs 5:12-13
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12 and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline,
and my heart despised reproof!(A)
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
Proverbs 2:10-11
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10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 prudence will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you.
Proverbs 8:32
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32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
happy are those who keep my ways.(A)
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Psalm 119:27
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27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.(A)
Psalm 92:6
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6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
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