New King James Version
Proverbs 15:32
32He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.
- 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
30The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, And a good report makes the bones healthy. 31The ear that hears the rebukes of life Will abide among the wise. He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. 33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 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 1:24Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
- Proverbs 5:11And you mourn at last, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
- Proverbs 8:33Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain it.
- Psalms 50:17Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you?
- Hebrews 12:15looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
- Proverbs 29:1He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Isaiah 1:5Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.
- Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.
- Ezekiel 24:13In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
- Proverbs 5:13I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
- Deuteronomy 21:18“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,
- Matthew 7:24“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
- James 1:22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
- Proverbs 15:14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
- Proverbs 17:16Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom, Since he has no heart for 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
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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
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