Proverbs 15:32
Whoever rejects discipline despises his own soul. But whoever agrees to correction is a possessor of the heart.
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In Context
31The ear that listens to the reproofs of life shall abide in the midst of the wise.
33The fear of the Lord is the discipline of wisdom. And humility precedes glory.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience:
Psalms 50:17O Lord, you will open my lips, and my mouth will announce your praise.
Proverbs 1:24For I called, and you refused. I extended my hand, and there was no one who watched.
Proverbs 8:33Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.
Proverbs 15:14The heart of the wise seeks doctrine. And the mouth of the foolish feeds on ignorance.
Proverbs 17:16What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:32
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. Note, 1. It is the character of a wise man that he is very willing to be reproved, and therefore chooses to converse with those that, both by their words and example, will show him what is amiss in him: The ear that can take the reproof will love the reprover. Faithful friendly reproofs are here called the reproofs of life, not only because they are to be given in a lively manner, and with a prudent zeal (and we must reprove by our lives as well… Read the whole commentary →