Proverbs 15:32

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.

Cross References

Psalm 50:17

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:7

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

Proverbs 10:17

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

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.

Proverbs 15:14

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

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to him who has no sense, but a man of understanding walks aright.

Proverbs 15:31

He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among the wise.

Proverbs 15:33

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

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind?

Proverbs 18:15

An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 19:20

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

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Ecclesiastes 7:5

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

Isaiah 1:5

Why will you still be smitten, that you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 3:9

Their partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil upon themselves.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.

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, though they chastise him, will not give heed to them,

Deuteronomy 21:20

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

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” spring up and cause trouble, and by it the many become defiled;

James 1:22

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

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent.