Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye for water, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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 →