Proverbs 8:33
Listen to my instruction and be wise; 1 do not neglect it. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32Now, my sons, listen to me, 1 for those who keep my ways will be blessed. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2These proverbs are to teach wisdom and instruction, 1 to teach words of insight, 1
Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of your father 1 and do not lay aside the rules of your mother; 1
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction, 1 and pay attention so you will know what understanding is. 1
Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water, 2 and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! 2 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 1
Romans 10:16But they did not all listen to the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
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 →