Proverbs 15:33
Respect for the Lord teaches wisdom; humility goes before honor.
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In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
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Job 28:28He said to humankind, ‘To reverence the Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Psalms 111:10The beginning of wisdom is honoring the Lord. Those who follow what he says do well. He is to be praised forever!
Proverbs 8:13Honoring the Lord means hating evil. So I hate pride and arrogance, wicked behavior and telling lies.
Proverbs 25:6Don't try to make yourself look great before the king, and don't pretend to be among the important people,
Luke 14:11For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
James 4:10Be humble before the Lord and he will lift you up.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:33
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. See here, 1. The folly of those that will not be taught, that refuse instruction, that will not heed it, but turn their backs upon it, or will not hear it, but turn their hearts against it. They refuse correction (margin); they will not take it, no, not from God himself, but kick against the pricks. Those that do so despise their own souls; they show that they have a low and mean opinion of them, and are in… Read the whole commentary →