Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise.Do not refuse it.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,for blessed are those who keep my ways.
34Blessed is the man who hears me,watching daily at my gates,waiting at my door posts.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2to know wisdom and instruction;to discern the words of understanding;
Proverbs 1:8My son, listen to your father's instruction,and do not forsake your mother's teaching:
Proverbs 4:1Listen, sons, to a father's instruction.Pay attention and know understanding;
Isaiah 55:1"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Romans 10:16But they did not all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
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 →