Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honor will correspond therewith.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
In Context
32He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul.
Cross References
Job 28:28And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.
Psalms 111:10The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Proverbs 25:6Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes;
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 →