Proverbs 8:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it.

American Standard Version (1901)

Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

Common English Bible

Listen to instruction, and be wise; don’t avoid it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Proverbs 8:33 Cross References

Proverbs 1:21

At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning and the discerning acquire skill,

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching,

Proverbs 15:32

Those who ignore instruction despise themselves, but those who heed admonition gain understanding.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.

Proverbs 4:1

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

Proverbs 5:1

My child, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,

Hebrews 12:25

See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!