Proverbs 15:33
The reverence of Yahweh, is the correction of wisdom, and, before honour, is humility.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
In Context
32He that declineth correction, despiseth his own soul, but, he that heareth reproof, gaineth sense.
Cross References
Job 28:28And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.
Psalms 111:10The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.
Proverbs 8:13The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.
Proverbs 25:6Do not honour thyself before a king, nor, in the place of great men, do thou stand;
Luke 14:11Because, everyone who exalteth himself, shall be abased; and, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?
James 4:10Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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 →