Proverbs 1:8
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Warnings against Evil Companions
8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teaching,(A)
Proverbs 1:20-33
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The Call of Wisdom
20 Wisdom cries out in the street;
in the squares she raises her voice.(A)
21 At the busiest corner she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(B)
23 Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
I will make my words known to you.(C)
24 Because I have called and you refused,
have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,(D)
25 and because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,(E)
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when panic strikes you,(F)
27 when panic strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(G)
29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,(H)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.(I)
32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;(J)
33 but those who listen to me will be secure
and will live at ease without dread of disaster.”(K)
Proverbs 3:11-12
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11 My child, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,(A)
12 for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.(B)
Proverbs 4:1
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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)
Proverbs 10:17
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17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
but one who rejects a rebuke goes astray.
Proverbs 12:1
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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.(A)
Proverbs 13:1
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Footnotes
- 13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father
Proverbs 13:18
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18 Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,
but one who heeds reproof is honored.(A)
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)
Proverbs 15:12
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12 Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
they will not go to the wise.(A)
Proverbs 15:32
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32 Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,
but those who heed admonition gain understanding.(A)
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
than to confront a fool immersed in folly.(A)
Proverbs 25:12
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12 Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.(A)
Proverbs 27:17
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17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits[a] of another.
Footnotes
- 27.17 Heb face
Proverbs 28:23
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23 Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.(A)
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