Proverbs 8:33
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.”
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BSBPD
“Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 8:33 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Proverbs 1:2for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,
- Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 1:21in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
- Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- Romans 10:16But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
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