Proverbs 8:33
O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,
Proverbs 1:8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Proverbs 4:1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne grandstanding.
Isaiah 55:1Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth.
Romans 10:16But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel. For Esaias sayth: Lorde, who hath beleued our sayinges?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:33-36
Wisdom's Exhortation. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord . 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. We have here the application of Wisdom's discourse; the design and tendency of it is to… Read the whole commentary →