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The wise of heart will heed commandments,
    but a prating fool will come to ruin.

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The wise in heart will receive commandments;
But [a]a prating fool [b]shall fall.

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  1. Proverbs 10:8 Hebrew the foolish of lips.
  2. Proverbs 10:8 Or, shall be overthrown (or, laid low)

17 He who heeds instruction is on the path to life,
    but he who rejects reproof goes astray.

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17 He [a]is in the way of life that heedeth [b]correction;
But he that forsaketh reproof [c]erreth.

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  1. Proverbs 10:17 Or, is a way
  2. Proverbs 10:17 Or, instruction
  3. Proverbs 10:17 Or, causeth to err

29 He who troubles his household will inherit wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.

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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;
And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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12 Whoso loveth [a]correction loveth knowledge;
But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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  1. Proverbs 12:1 Or, instruction

13 A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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13 A wise son heareth his father’s [a]instruction;
But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

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  1. Proverbs 13:1 Or, correction

18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction,
    but he who heeds reproof is honored.

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18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth [a]correction;
But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

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  1. Proverbs 13:18 Or, instruction

A fool despises his father’s instruction,
    but he who heeds admonition is prudent.

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A fool despiseth his father’s [a]correction;
But he that regardeth reproof [b]getteth prudence.

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  1. Proverbs 15:5 Or, instruction
  2. Proverbs 15:5 Or, dealeth prudently

10 There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way;
    he who hates reproof will die.

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10 There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way;
And he that hateth reproof shall die.

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12 A scoffer does not like to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.

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31 He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition
    will abide among the wise.
32 He who ignores instruction despises himself,
    but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.

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31 The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life
Shall abide among the wise.
32 He that refuseth [a]correction despiseth his own soul;
But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth [b]understanding.

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  1. Proverbs 15:32 Or, instruction
  2. Proverbs 15:32 Hebrew heart.

14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
    and a wise man will appease it.
15 In the light of a king’s face there is life,
    and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

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14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death;
But a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
    and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

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A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that [a]causeth shame,
And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

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  1. Proverbs 17:2 Or, doeth shamefully