Proverbs 10:8
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8 The wise in heart will receive commandments,
but a prating fool will fall.
Proverbs 10:17
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17 He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
but he who refuses reproof errs.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 12:1
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12 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:18
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18 Poverty and shame will be to him who refuses instruction,
but he who regards reproof will be honored.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but he who regards reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:10
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10 Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way,
and he who hates reproof will die.
Proverbs 15:12
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12 A scorner does not love one who reproves him,
nor will he go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:31-32
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31 The ear that hears the reproof of life
abides among the wise.
32 He who refuses instruction despises his own soul,
but he who hears reproof gains understanding.
Proverbs 16:14-15
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14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,
but a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life,
and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant will have rule over a son who causes shame,
and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:10-11
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10 A reproof enters deeper into a wise man
than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion;
therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 19:20
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20 Hear counsel and receive instruction,
that you may be wise in your latter days.
Proverbs 19:27
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27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
that causes to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:2
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2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
Proverbs 20:6
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6 Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness,
but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work is pure and whether it is right.
Proverbs 20:30
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30 The blows of a wound cleanse away evil,
so do stripes the inward parts of the heart.
Proverbs 21:1
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21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.
Proverbs 22:11
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11 He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king will be his friend.
Proverbs 25:2-7
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2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing,
but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
3 As the heaven for height, and the earth for depth,
so the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver,
and there will come forth a vessel for the refiner.
5 Take away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
and do not stand in the place of great men;
7 for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
whom your eyes have seen.
Proverbs 27:18
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18 Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
so he who waits on his master will be honored.
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