Proverbs 15:5

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A 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.

In other translations

A 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.

Hebrew words

אֱוִיל'evila foolH191יִנְאַץyin'atzhe spurnsH5006מוּסַרmusar[the] discipline ofH4148אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1וְשֹׁמֵרveshomerand [one who] keepsH8104תּוֹכַחַתtokhachatcorrectionH8433יַעְרִם׃ya'rimhe is prudentH6191

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