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A wise person should listen, and he will increase learning.
A person with understanding should obtain guidance

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let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
    and let the discerning get guidance—

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15 The way of a stubborn fool seems correct to him,
but whoever listens to advice is wise.

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15 The way of fools seems right to them,(A)
    but the wise listen to advice.(B)

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Wise Ways to Live

13 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
but a scornful son does not listen to a reprimand.

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13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

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10 Insolence produces only strife,
but wisdom resides with those who take advice.

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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13 The person who despises a word of instruction will pay the price,
but the person who respects a command will be rewarded.

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13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,(A)
    but whoever respects(B) a command is rewarded.(C)

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An evildoer pays attention to wicked lips.
A liar feeds upon[a] a destructive tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:4 Hebrew variant listens to

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
    a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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10 A reprimand impresses a discerning person
    more than receiving a hundred lashes impresses a fool.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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18 A person who is a loner seeks his own desires.
He fights against all sound judgment.
A fool finds no pleasure in understanding,
but only in revealing his own opinions.

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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)

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13 If a person answers before he listens,
that is foolishness that brings disgrace.

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13 To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.(A)

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The intentions in a person’s heart are deep water,
but a person with understanding can draw them out.

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The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,(A)
    but one who has insight draws them out.

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12 Apply your heart to discipline
and your ear to words that give knowledge.

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Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
    and your ears to words of knowledge.

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