Proverbs 8:33

Hear musar, and be chacham, 1 and disdain it not. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

In Context

32Now therefore pay heed unto me, O ye banim; 1 for ashrei (blessed, happy) are they that are shomer over my drakhim. 1

34Ashrei is adam that heareth me, 1 watching daily at my dalatot, 1 waiting at the mezuzot of my doors. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:2To have da'as of chochmah and musar (discipline); 1 to understand the words of binah; 1

Proverbs 1:8Beni (my son), hear the musar Avicha, 1 and forsake not the Torat Immecha. 1

Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye banim, the musar (instruction, discipline) of an av, 1 and attend to know binah (understanding). 1

Isaiah 55:1Come, kol tzameh (all ye who are thirsty), come ye to the mayim 1 and he that hath no kesef; 1 come ye, buy, and eat; 1 yes, come, buy yayin and cholov 1 without kesef and without mekhir (price, cost). 1

Romans 10:16But not all have mishma'at (obedience) to the Besuras HaGeulah. For Yeshayah says: MI HE'EMIN LISHMU'ATEINU + 10:16 Isa 53:1 (Who has believed that which is heard, our report)? + 10:16 cf. Dt 9:4

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 →

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