Proverbs 15:32
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32 If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself;
but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.
Proverbs 1:24-33
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24 “I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come.
I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
25 You ignored my advice
and rejected the correction I offered.
26 So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
28 “When they cry for help, I will not answer.
Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
29 For they hated knowledge
and chose not to fear the Lord.
30 They rejected my advice
and paid no attention when I corrected them.
31 Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way,
choking on their own schemes.
32 For simpletons turn away from me—to death.
Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
33 But all who listen to me will live in peace,
untroubled by fear of harm.”
Revelation 3:19
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19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
Proverbs 1:7
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7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Matthew 7:24-27
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Building on a Solid Foundation
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
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Isaiah 1:5
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5 Why do you continue to invite punishment?
Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
and your heart is sick.
Proverbs 18:15
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15 Intelligent people are always ready to learn.
Their ears are open for knowledge.
James 1:22
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22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
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Jeremiah 5:3
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3 Lord, you are searching for honesty.
You struck your people,
but they paid no attention.
You crushed them,
but they refused to be corrected.
They are determined, with faces set like stone;
they have refused to repent.
Proverbs 29:1
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29 Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism
will suddenly be destroyed beyond recovery.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.
Proverbs 15:21
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21 Foolishness brings joy to those with no sense;
a sensible person stays on the right path.
Proverbs 15:14
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14 A wise person is hungry for knowledge,
while the fool feeds on trash.
Proverbs 8:33-36
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33 Listen to my instruction and be wise.
Don’t ignore it.
34 Joyful are those who listen to me,
watching for me daily at my gates,
waiting for me outside my home!
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
36 But those who miss me injure themselves.
All who hate me love death.”
Proverbs 5:11-13
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11 In the end you will groan in anguish
when disease consumes your body.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
13 Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?
Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?
Psalm 50:17
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17 For you refuse my discipline
and treat my words like trash.
Deuteronomy 21:20
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20 The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’
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Deuteronomy 21:18
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Dealing with a Rebellious Son
18 “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
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Ezekiel 24:13-14
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13 Your impurity is your lewdness
and the corruption of your idolatry.
I tried to cleanse you,
but you refused.
So now you will remain in your filth
until my fury against you has been satisfied.
14 “I, the Lord, have spoken! The time has come, and I won’t hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign Lord.”
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