Proverbs 15:32

Proverbs 15:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.

Context of Proverbs 15:32

30Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. 31Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise. Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding. 33Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 15:32 word by word

פּוֹרֵ֣עַ מ֭וּסָר מוֹאֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְשׁוֹמֵ֥עַ תּ֝וֹכַ֗חַת ק֣וֹנֶה לֵּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He that refusethפָּרַעpâra‛ · to neglectH6544
• instructionמוּסָרmûsâr · disciplineH4148
• despisethמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• his own soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• but he that hearethשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• reproofתּוֹכַ֫חַתtôkêchâh tôkachath · argumentH8433
• gettethקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• understandingלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Proverbs 15:32

• Proverbs 1:24But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
• Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
• Proverbs 8:33Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.
• Psalms 50:17You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
• Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
• Proverbs 29:1Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
• Ezekiel 24:13“ ‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.
• Proverbs 5:13I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.
• Deuteronomy 21:18If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,
• Matthew 7:24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• James 1:22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
• Revelation 3:19Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
• Proverbs 15:14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
• Proverbs 17:16Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?

Commentaries on Proverbs 15:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Despiseth his own soul - That is constructively; for if the instruction lead to the preservation of life and soul, he that neglects or despises it throws all as much in the way of danger as if he actually hated himself.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32Verse 32 Sinners undervalue their own souls; therefore they prefer the body before the soul, and wrong the soul to please the body.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3231-32. (Compare Pr 10:17). reproof of life--which leads to life. abideth ... wise--is numbered among them.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 15:32

• Impenitence
• Pride
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Abomination
• Cheerful
• Continual
• Countenance
• Disappoint
• Disperse
• Feast
• Grievous
• Humility
• Poetry

Commentaries on Proverbs 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings