Proverbs 15:32

New King James Version

He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.

Cross References

Psalm 50:17

Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you?

Proverbs 1:7

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

Proverbs 10:17

He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, But he who refuses correction goes astray.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction, But he who regards a rebuke will be honored.

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

Proverbs 15:21

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

Proverbs 15:31

The ear that hears the rebukes of life Will abide among the wise.

Proverbs 15:33

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

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent.

Proverbs 17:16

Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, Since he has no heart for it?

Proverbs 18:15

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

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

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

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

Isaiah 3:9

The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, are not Your eyes on 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 rock; They have refused to return.

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 chastened him, will not heed them,

Deuteronomy 21:20

And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

Hebrews 12:15

looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

James 1:22

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

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.