Proverbs 15:32

In 11 translations

BSB

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

KJV

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.instruction: or, correctionheareth: or, obeyethgetteth…: Heb. possesseth an heart

WEB

He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

ASV

He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

LSV

Whoever is refusing instruction is despising his soul, || And whoever is hearing reproof || Is getting understanding.

YLT

Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

DBY

He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth sense.

DRC

He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof possesseth understanding.

GNV

Hee that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeyeth correction, getteth vnderstanding.

JPS

He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; but he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

LXXE

He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that minds reproofs loves his soul.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

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

פּוֹרֵ֣עַ מ֭וּסָר מוֹאֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְשׁוֹמֵ֥עַ תּ֝וֹכַ֗חַת ק֣וֹנֶה לֵּֽב׃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.

LXX-Br

Ὃς ἀπωθεῖται παιδείαν, μισεῖ ἑαυτὸν· ὁ δὲ τηρῶν ἐλέγχους, ἀγαπᾷ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Proverbs 1:24–33Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, when…
• Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Proverbs 8:33–36Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the…
• Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
• Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Proverbs 18:15The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
• Proverbs 5:11–13At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear…
• Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
• Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
• Proverbs 15:14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
• Deuteronomy 21:20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
• Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Matthew 7:24–27Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not…
• Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
• James 1:22Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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