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31 The ear that listens to salutary reproof(A)
    is at home among the wise.[a]
32 Those who disregard discipline hate themselves,
    but those who heed reproof acquire understanding.
33 The fear of the Lord is training for wisdom,
    and humility goes before honors.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 15:31 To become wise, one must hear and integrate perspectives contrary to one’s own, which means accepting “reproof.” Wisdom does not isolate one but places one in the company of the wise.

31 He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition
    will abide among the wise.
32 He who ignores instruction despises himself,
    but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.
33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
    and humility goes before honor.

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31 If you pay attention when you are corrected, you are wise.

32 If you refuse to learn, you are hurting yourself. If you accept correction, you will become wiser.

33 Reverence for the Lord is an education in itself. You must be humble before you can ever receive honors.

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31 One whose ear listens to a life-giving rebuke
Will stay among the wise.
32 One who (A)neglects discipline (B)rejects himself,
But one who (C)listens to a rebuke acquires [a]understanding.
33 [b]The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:32 Lit heart
  2. Proverbs 15:33 Or Reverence for

31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.(A)

32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,(B)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.(C)

33 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,(D)
    and humility comes before honor.(E)

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