Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2For knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.
Romans 10:16But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, 'Lord, who did give credence to 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 →