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Proverbs 1:8

The Enticement of Sinners

8
Hear, my son, your father’s discipline
And do not abandon your mother’s instruction;

Proverbs 1:20 - 1:33

The Call of Wisdom

20
Wisdom shouts in the street,
She gives forth her voice in the square;
21
At the head of the noisy streets she calls out;
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:
22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love simplicity?
And scoffers delight in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?
23
Turn to my reproof,
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24
Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
25
And you neglected all my counsel
And were not willing to accept my reproof;
26
I will also laugh at your disaster;
I will mock when your dread comes,
27
When your dread comes like a storm
And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me earnestly but they will not find me,
29
Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of Yahweh.
30
They were not willing to accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.
31
So they shall eat of the fruit of their way
And be satisfied with their own devices.
32
For the turning away of the simple will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33
But he who listens to me shall dwell securely
And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

Proverbs 3:11 - 3:12

11
My son, do not reject the discipline of Yahweh
Or loathe His reproof,
12
For whom Yahweh loves He reproves,
Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 4:1

A Father’s Wise Instruction

Hear, O sons, the discipline of a father,
And pay attention that you may know understanding,

Proverbs 9:7 - 9:8


7
He who disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
8
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

Proverbs 10:17

17
He is on the path of life who keeps discipline,
But he who forsakes reproof makes himself wander about.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof is senseless.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 13:18

18
Poverty and disgrace come to him who neglects discipline,
But he who keeps reproof will be honored.

Proverbs 15:5

5
An ignorant fool spurns his father’s discipline,
But he who keeps reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:12

12
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 15:32

32
He who neglects discipline despises his soul,
But he who listens to reproof acquires a heart of wisdom.

Proverbs 17:12

12
Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 25:12

12
Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

Proverbs 27:17

17
Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 28:23

23
He who reproves a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.