Proverbs 13:1
Children who are wise ◄pay attention/heed it► when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them for their bad behavior.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 22:43Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars that the people had built on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices to idols on those altars and burned incense there.
Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to what I am saying. Listen to my words carefully.
Proverbs 9:7If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you.
Proverbs 12:15Foolish people always think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed other people when they give them good advice.
Proverbs 15:5Foolish children despise their parents when their parents correct/discipline them; wise children accept it.
Proverbs 15:20Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents.