Proverbs 13:1

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Proverbs 13:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

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Proverbs 4:1

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs 4:2

For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

Proverbs 4:3

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Proverbs 4:4

he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Proverbs 4:9

She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”

Proverbs 4:10

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Proverbs 4:11

I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Proverbs 4:12

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

Proverbs 4:13

Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:14

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Proverbs 4:20

My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 4:21

Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 9:7

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

1 Samuel 2:25

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

Isaiah 28:14

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 28:15

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”