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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:5 Or despises

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

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  1. 15:5 Hebrew father’s.

14 The (A)mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

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14 A wise person is hungry for knowledge,
    while the fool feeds on trash.

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