Proverbs 15:31
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The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
In other translations
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 25:12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- John 15:3-43 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- Proverbs 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- Proverbs 9:8-98 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
- Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.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.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
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