Proverbs 13:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises a parent’s instruction, but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.

1 Samuel 2:25

If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to kill them.

Proverbs 14:6

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

Proverbs 15:12

Scoffers do not like to be rebuked; they will not go to the wise.

1 Kings 22:43

He walked in all the way of his father Asa; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord, yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and offered incense on the high places.

Proverbs 7:24

And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 12:15

Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.