Proverbs 8:33

In 10 translations

BSB

Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

KJV

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

WEB

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

ASV

Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

LSV

Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not slight.

YLT

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

DBY

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

DRC

Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

GNV

Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, and giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.

JPS

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שִׁמְע֖וּ מוּסָ֥ר וַחֲכָ֗מוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
• Psalms 81:11–12But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
• Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
• Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
• Romans 10:16–17But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
• Proverbs 1:2–3for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight, and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
• Isaiah 55:1–3“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that…
• Proverbs 1:21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
• Acts 7:35–37This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. He led them out and…

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