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A heart of wisdom will heed commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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The wise are glad to be instructed,
    but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

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17 On the path to life is he who guards instruction,
    but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.

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17 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life,
    but those who ignore correction will go astray.

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29 He who brings trouble to his household, he will inherit wind,[a]
    and a fool will serve the wise of heart.

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  1. Proverbs 11:29 Or “breath, spirit”

29 Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
    The fool will be a servant to the wise.

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12 He who loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who hates rebuke is stupid.

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12 To learn, you must love discipline;
    it is stupid to hate correction.

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13 A wise child hears the discipline of a father,
    but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.

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13 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline;[a]
    a mocker refuses to listen to correction.

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  1. 13:1 Hebrew A wise son accepts his father’s discipline.

18 Poverty and disgrace belong to him who ignores instruction,
    but he who guards reproof will be honored.

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18 If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace;
    if you accept correction, you will be honored.

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

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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.

10 Severe discipline belongs to him who forsakes the way;
    he who hates a rebuke will die.

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10 Whoever abandons the right path will be severely disciplined;
    whoever hates correction will die.

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12 A scoffer does not like his rebuke;[a]
    to the wise he will not go.

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  1. Proverbs 15:12 Literally “rebuke belonging to him”

12 Mockers hate to be corrected,
    so they stay away from the wise.

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31 The ear of him who listens to admonitions of life,
    in the midst of the wise it will lodge.
32 He who ignores instruction despises himself,[a]
    but he who hears admonition gains heart.[b]

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

31 If you listen to constructive criticism,
    you will be at home among the wise.

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

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14 The wrath of a king is a messenger of death,
    but one who is wise will appease[a] it.
15 In the light of the face of the king there is life,
    and his favor is like a cloud of spring rain.

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  1. Proverbs 16:14 Or “atone, cover over”

14 The anger of the king is a deadly threat;
    the wise will try to appease it.

15 When the king smiles, there is life;
    his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
    and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

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A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance of the master’s children.

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