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17 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life,
    but those who ignore correction will go astray.

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17 On the path to life is he who guards instruction,
    but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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12 To learn, you must love discipline;
    it is stupid to hate correction.

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12 He who loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who hates rebuke is stupid.

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13 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a]
    a mocker refuses to listen to correction.

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  1. 13:1 Hebrew A wise son accepts his father’s discipline.

13 A wise child hears the discipline of a father,
    but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.

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18 If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace;
    if you accept correction, you will be honored.

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18 Poverty and disgrace belong to him who ignores instruction,
    but he who guards reproof will be honored.

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Only a fool despises a parent’s[a] discipline;
    whoever learns from correction is wise.

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  1. 15:5 Hebrew father’s.

A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

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10 Whoever abandons the right path will be severely disciplined;
    whoever hates correction will die.

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10 Severe discipline belongs to him who forsakes the way;
    he who hates a rebuke will die.

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12 Mockers hate to be corrected,
    so they stay away from the wise.

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12 A scoffer does not like his rebuke;[a]
    to the wise he will not go.

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  1. Proverbs 15:12 Literally “rebuke belonging to him”

31 If you listen to constructive criticism,
    you will be at home among the wise.

32 If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself;
    but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.

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31 The ear of him who listens to admonitions of life,
    in the midst of the wise it will lodge.
32 He who ignores instruction despises himself,[a]
    but he who hears admonition gains heart.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 15:32 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 15:32 Or “mind”

10 A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding
    than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

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10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

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20 Get all the advice and instruction you can,
    so you will be wise the rest of your life.

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction
    so that you will gain wisdom for your future.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Literally “after things

27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child,
    you will turn your back on knowledge.

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27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”

30 Physical punishment cleanses away evil;[a]
    such discipline purifies the heart.

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  1. 20:30 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

30 The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will[a] beatings of the innermost part.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”

12 Commit yourself to instruction;
    listen carefully to words of knowledge.

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12 Apply your heart[a] to instruction,
    and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 23:12 Or “mind”