Proverbs 13:1

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

WEB

A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

ASV

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

LSV

A wise son—the instruction of a father, || And a scorner—he has not heard rebuke.

YLT

A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.

DBY

A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

DRC

A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, beareth not when he is reproved.

GNV

A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

JPS

A wise son is instructed of his father; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

LXXE

A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝לֵ֗ץ לֹא־שָׁמַ֥ע גְּעָרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Υἱὸς πανοῦργος ὑπήκοος πατρὶ, υἱὸς δὲ ἀνήκοος ἐν ἀπωλείᾳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
• Proverbs 9:7–8He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
• Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
• Proverbs 4:1–14Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive. When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother, he…
• Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
• 1 Samuel 2:25If 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.
• Proverbs 4:20–22My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
• Isaiah 28:14–15Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem. For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes…
• Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

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