Proverbs 13:1

The Message

Intelligent children listen to their parents; foolish children do their own thing.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

Wise son, glad father; stupid son, sad mother.

Proverbs 12:15

Fools are headstrong and do what they like; wise people take advice.

Proverbs 14:6

Cynics look high and low for wisdom—and never find it; the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!

Proverbs 15:12

Know-it-alls don’t like being told what to do; they avoid the company of wise men and women.

Proverbs 15:20

Intelligent children make their parents proud; lazy students embarrass their parents.

Proverbs 15:5

Moral dropouts won’t listen to their elders; welcoming correction is a mark of good sense.

Proverbs 7:24

So, friends, listen to me, take these words of mine most seriously. Don’t fool around with a woman like that; don’t even stroll through her neighborhood. Countless victims come under her spell; she’s the death of many a poor man. She runs a halfway house to hell, fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.