Proverbs 15:33
יִרְאַת יְהוָה מוּסַר חָכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
In Context
32פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹכַחַת קוֹנֶה לֵּֽב ׃
Cross References
Job 28:28וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה ׃ ס
Psalms 111:10רֵאשִׁית חָכְמָה ׀ יִרְאַת יְהוָה שֵׂכֶל טוֹב לְכָל ־ עֹשֵׂיהֶם תְּהִלָּתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַֽד ׃
Proverbs 8:13יִֽרְאַת יְהוָה שְֽׂנֹאת רָע גֵּאָה וְגָאוֹן ׀ וְדֶרֶךְ רָע וּפִי תַהְפֻּכוֹת שָׂנֵֽאתִי ׃
Proverbs 25:6אַל ־ תִּתְהַדַּר לִפְנֵי ־ מֶלֶךְ וּבִמְקוֹם גְּדֹלִים אַֽל ־ תַּעֲמֹֽד ׃
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 →