Proverbs 8:33
Hear correction, and be wise, and reject it not.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32And now, O children [of men], hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding;
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the correction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one of ye that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he too that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy without money and without price wine and milk.
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 →