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The wise of heart will heed commandments,
    but one with foolish lips will come to ruin.(A)

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The wise are glad to be instructed,
    but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

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17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
    but one who rejects a rebuke goes astray.

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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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29 Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.

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29 Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
    The fool will be a servant to the wise.

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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.(A)

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

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13 A wise child loves discipline,[a]
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father

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

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Footnotes

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

18 Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction,
    but one who heeds reproof is honored.(A)

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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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A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
    but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 15:5 Hebrew father’s.

10 There is severe discipline for one who forsakes the way;
    one who hates a rebuke will die.(A)

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

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12 Scoffers do not like to be rebuked;
    they will not go to the wise.(A)

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

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31 The ear that heeds wholesome admonition
    will lodge among the wise.
32 Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,
    but those who heed admonition gain understanding.(A)

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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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14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
    and whoever is wise will appease it.(A)
15 In the light of a king’s face there is life,
    and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.(B)

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14 The anger of the king is a deadly threat;
    the wise will try to appease it.

15 When the king smiles, there is life;
    his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.(A)

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A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.

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