A fool [a]rejects his father’s discipline,
But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.

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  1. Proverbs 15:5 Or despises

10 There is severe punishment for one who abandons the way;
One who hates a rebuke will die.

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12 A (A)scoffer does not love one who rebukes him;
He will not go to the wise.

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22 Without consultation, plans are frustrated,
But with many counselors they [a]succeed.

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  1. Proverbs 15:22 Or are established

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

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