Proverbs 8 · Verse 33

Proverbs 8:33

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Proverbs 8:33, King James Version

Proverbs 8:33 in other translations

BSBListen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
WEBHear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
ASVHear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
YLTHear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
DARBYhear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
BBETake my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.
WebsterHear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

What does Proverbs 8:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 8:32-36

32-36. Such an attribute men are urged to seek.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 8:32-36

Surely we should hearken to Christ's voice with the readiness of children. Let us all be wise, and not refuse such mercy. Blessed are those who hear the Saviour's voice, and wait on him with daily reading, meditation, and prayer. The children of the world find time for vain amusements, without neglecting what they deem the one thing needful. Does it not show contempt of Wisdom's instructions, when people professing…

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Proverbs 8:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׁמְע֖וּshim.'Ulisten toH8085
מוּסָ֥רmu.SarcorrectionH4148
וַחֲכָ֗מוּva.cha.Kha.muand act wiselyH2449
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
תִּפְרָֽעוּ\׃tif.Ra.'uyou neglect [it]H6544

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Cross references for Proverbs 8:33

  • Proverbs 4:1

    Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  • Psalms 81:11-12

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

  • Proverbs 1:8

    My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Proverbs 5:1

    My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

  • Proverbs 1:2-3

    To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

  • Romans 10:16-17

    But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  • Hebrews 12:25

    See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  • Proverbs 1:21

    She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

  • Isaiah 55:1-3

    Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Acts 7:35-37

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear.
1:2,3,8; 4:1; 5:1; Isa 55:1-3; Ro 10:16,17
refuse.
1:21; Ps 81:11,12; Ac 7:35-37; Heb 12:25

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Context

  • Proverbs 8:32

    Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

  • Proverbs 8:33

    Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

  • Proverbs 8:34

    Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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Proverbs 8:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Atended el consejo, y sed sabios, y no lo menospreciéis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Écoutez l’instruction, et soyez sages, et ne la rejetez point.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Höret Unterweisung und werdet weise, und verwerfet sie nicht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abjicere eam.