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Proverbs 8:33

Proverbs 8:33 is verse 33 of Proverbs chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

World English Bible

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

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Proverbs 8:31–35 · Berean Standard Bible

31 I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

32 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

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

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

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

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Cross-references

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

Proverbs 1:2

for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

Proverbs 1:3

and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 4:1

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

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

Isaiah 55:1

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Isaiah 55:3

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

Romans 10:16

But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

Romans 10:17

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Proverbs 1:21

in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Psalms 81:11

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Acts 7:35

This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:36

He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 7:37

This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

Hebrews 12:25

See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

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