A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)

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A fool will despise the instruction of his father,
    but he who guards reproof is prudent.

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

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32 He who ignores instruction despises himself,[a]
    but he who hears admonition gains heart.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:32 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 15:32 Or “mind”