Proverbs 15:32
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Proverbs 15:32 in other translations
| BSB | He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding. |
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| WEB | He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding. |
| ASV | He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding. |
| YLT | Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding. |
| DARBY | He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth sense. |
| BBE | He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom. |
| Webster | He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. |
What does Proverbs 15:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 15:31-32
31-32. (Compare Pr 10:17). reproof of life--which leads to life. abideth ... wise--is numbered among them.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Proverbs 15:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 15:32
- Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Proverbs 1:24-33
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. …
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Isaiah 1:5
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Proverbs 8:33-36
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
- Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
- Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
- Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:24-33; 5:11,12; 8:33-36; Ps 50:17; Heb 12:15
instruction. or, correction.
29:1; Isa 1:5; Jer 5:3; Eze 24:13,14
heareth. or, obeyeth.
5:13; De 21:18,20; Mt 7:24-27; Jas 1:22; Re 3:19
getteth understanding. Heb. possesseth an heart.
14,21; *marg:
17:16; 18:15
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Context
- Proverbs 15:31
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
- Proverbs 15:32
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
- Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 15:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que tiene en poco la disciplina, menosprecia su alma: mas el que escucha la corrección, tiene entendimiento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui rejette l’instruction méprise sa vie; mais celui qui écoute la répréhension acquiert du sens. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer Unterweisung verwirft, verachtet seine Seele; wer aber auf Zucht hört, erwirbt Verstand. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui abjicit disciplinam despicit animam suam; qui autem acquiescit increpationibus possessor est cordis. |