Proverbs 8:33
Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Isaiah 55:1“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!
Romans 10:16But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
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 →