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My son, forget not my [a]law;
But let thy heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, and years of life,
And peace, will they add to thee.

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  1. Proverbs 3:1 Or, teaching

He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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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)

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes;
But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

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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

13 Whoso despiseth the word [a]bringeth destruction on himself;
But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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  1. Proverbs 13:13 Or, maketh himself a debtor thereto

31 The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life
Shall abide among the wise.

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10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;
But he that [a]is careless of his ways shall die.

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  1. Proverbs 19:16 Hebrew despiseth.

20 Hear counsel, and receive [a]instruction,
That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Or, correction

25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction
Only to err from the words of knowledge.

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Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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12 As [a]an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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  1. Proverbs 25:12 Or, a nose-ring

Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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29 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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