Proverbs 15:31

In 10 translations

BSB

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

KJV

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

WEB

The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.

ASV

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

LSV

An ear that is hearing the reproof of life || Lodges among the wise.

YLT

An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.

DBY

The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.

DRC

The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.

GNV

The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.

JPS

The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אֹ֗זֶן שֹׁ֭מַעַת תּוֹכַ֣חַת חַיִּ֑ים בְּקֶ֖רֶב חֲכָמִ֣ים תָּלִֽין׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

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 25:12Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
• John 15:3–4You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 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…
• Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
• Proverbs 9:8–9Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
• Isaiah 55:3Incline 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.
• Proverbs 1:23If 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.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• 1 John 2:19They 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.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).