Proverbs 15:32

Modern English Version

He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who heeds reproof gains understanding.

Cross References

Revelation 3:19

“Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you be beaten again, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

James 1:22

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Jeremiah 5:3

O  Lord, are not Your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom since he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Psalm 50:17

For you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.

Deuteronomy 21:20

They shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have disciplined him, will not listen to them,

Hebrews 12:15

watching diligently so that no one falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up to cause trouble, and many become defiled by it,

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains instruction, but he who heeds reproof will be honored.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool spurns the instruction of his father, but he who heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that hears the reproof of life abides at home among the wise.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to listen to the song of fools.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression of their countenance witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom; they hide it not. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

Proverbs 10:17

He who heeds instruction is on the path of life, but he who refuses reproof goes astray.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel and accept instruction, that you may be wise in your future.