Proverbs 15:32
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32 Whoever (A)ignores instruction (B)despises himself,
but he who listens to reproof (C)gains intelligence.
Proverbs 1:24-33
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24 (A)Because I have called and (B)you refused to listen,
have (C)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have (D)ignored all my counsel
and (E)would have none of my reproof,
26 I also (F)will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when (G)terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like (H)a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 (I)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they (J)hated knowledge
and (K)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (L)would have none of my counsel
and (M)despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat (N)the fruit of their way,
and have (O)their fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by (P)their turning away,
and (Q)the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but (R)whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be (S)at ease, without dread of disaster.”
Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
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James 1:22
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22 But be (A)doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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Matthew 7:24-27
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Build Your House on the Rock
24 (A)“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like (B)a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like (C)a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
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Proverbs 1:7
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7 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Ezekiel 24:13-14
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13 On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, (A)you shall not be cleansed anymore till (B)I have satisfied my fury upon you. 14 (C)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; (D)I will not spare; (E)I will not relent; (F)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”
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Jeremiah 5:3
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3 O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(A)You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
(B)They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
Isaiah 1:5
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5 Why will you still be (A)struck down?
Why will you (B)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
Proverbs 29:1
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29 (A)He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,
will suddenly be (B)broken (C)beyond healing.
Proverbs 18:15
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15 An intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Proverbs 17:16
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16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
when he has no sense?
Proverbs 15:21
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Proverbs 15:14
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14 (A)The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Proverbs 8:33-36
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33 (A)Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34 (B)Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35 For (C)whoever finds me (D)finds life
and (E)obtains favor from the Lord,
36 but he who fails to find me (F)injures himself;
all who (G)hate me (H)love death.”
Proverbs 5:11-13
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11 and at the end of your life you (A)groan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, (B)“How I hated discipline,
and my heart (C)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
Psalm 50:17
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Deuteronomy 21:20
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20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’
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Deuteronomy 21:18
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A Rebellious Son
18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one (A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
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