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Chapter 13

A wise son loves correction,
    but the scoffer heeds no rebuke.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:1 Another in the series on the household, this one on the relation of parents and children. See under 10:1. The scoffer in Proverbs condemns discipline and thus can never become wise. Wise adult children advertise to the community what they received from their parents, for children become wise through a dialectical process involving the parents. A foolish adult child witnesses to foolish parents.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father

13 Wise children pay attention when their parents correct them, but arrogant people never admit they are wrong.

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

13 A (A)wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a (B)scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

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