Proverbs 1:8
International Children’s Bible
Warnings Against Evil
8 My child, listen to your father’s teaching.
And do not forget your mother’s advice.
Proverbs 1:20-33
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Wisdom Speaks
20 Wisdom is like a good woman who shouts in the street.
She raises her voice in the city squares.
21 She cries out in the noisy street.
She makes her speech at the city gates:
22 “You foolish people! How long do you want to stay foolish?
How long will you make fun of wisdom?
How long will you hate knowledge?
23 Listen when I correct you.
I will tell you what’s in my heart.
I will tell you what I am thinking.
24 I called, but you refused to listen.
I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.
25 You did not follow my advice.
You did not want me to correct you.
26 So I will laugh when you are in trouble.
I will make fun when disaster happens to you.
27 Disaster will come over you like a storm.
Trouble will strike you like a whirlwind.
Pain and trouble will overwhelm you.
28 “Then you will call out to me.
But I will not answer.
You will look for me.
But you will not find me.
29 You rejected knowledge.
You did not choose to respect the Lord.
30 You did not accept my advice.
You rejected my correction.
31 So you will get what you deserve.
You will get what you planned for others.
32 Fools wander away and get killed.
They are destroyed because they do not care.
33 But those who listen to me will live in safety.
They will be safe, without fear of being hurt.”
Proverbs 3:11-12
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11 My child, do not reject the Lord’s discipline.
And don’t become angry when he corrects you.
12 The Lord corrects those he loves,
just as a father corrects the child that he likes.
Proverbs 4:1
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Wisdom Is Important
4 My children, listen to your father’s teaching.
Pay attention so you will understand.
Proverbs 9:7-8
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7 “If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will get insulted.
If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
8 Do not correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, or he will hate you.
But correct a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 10:17
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17 The person who accepts correction is on the way to life.
But the person who ignores correction will be ruined.
Proverbs 12:1
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12 Anyone who loves learning accepts being corrected.
But a person who hates being corrected is stupid.
Proverbs 13:1
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13 A wise son takes his father’s advice.
But a person who makes fun of wisdom won’t listen to correction.
Proverbs 13:18
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18 A person who refuses correction will end up poor and disgraced.
But a person who accepts correction will be honored.
Proverbs 15:5
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5 A foolish person rejects his father’s correction.
But anyone who accepts correction is wise.
Proverbs 15:12
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12 A person who laughs at wisdom does not like to be corrected.
He will not ask advice from the wise.
Proverbs 15:32
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32 A person who refuses correction hates himself.
But a person who accepts correction gains understanding.
Proverbs 17:12
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12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than to meet a foolish person doing foolish things.
Proverbs 25:12
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12 The warning of a wise person is valuable to someone who will listen.
It is worth as much as gold earrings or fine gold jewelry.
Proverbs 27:17
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17 Iron can sharpen iron.
In the same way, people can help each other.
Proverbs 28:23
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23 Those who correct others will later be liked
more than those who give false praise.
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