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

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Footnotes

  1. 15:5 Hebrew father’s.

Only a fool despises his father’s advice; a wise son considers each suggestion.

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32 If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself;
    but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.

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31-32 If you profit from constructive criticism, you will be elected to the wise men’s hall of fame. But to reject criticism is to harm yourself and your own best interests.

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