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Proverbs 15:32

Proverbs 15:32 is verse 32 of Proverbs chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

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King James Version

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

World English Bible

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

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Proverbs 15:30–33 · Berean Standard Bible

30 The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.

31 He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 1:24

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Proverbs 1:25

because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Proverbs 1:26

in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

Proverbs 1:27

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

Proverbs 1:28

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Proverbs 1:29

For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

Proverbs 1:30

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 1:31

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33

But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

Proverbs 5:11

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

Proverbs 8:36

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

Psalms 50:17

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

Proverbs 29:1

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Ezekiel 24:13

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

Ezekiel 24:14

I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

Deuteronomy 21:20

and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Matthew 7:24

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Matthew 7:26

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

James 1:22

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

Revelation 3:19

Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Proverbs 15:14

A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

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