Words of Wisdom
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Job 33:16, 17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee. Psalm 50:17
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 1:2-4
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 1:7-9
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Proverbs 4:1
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Proverbs 4:13
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Proverbs 5:12, 13
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Proverbs 5:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 6:23, 24
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Proverbs 8:10
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Proverbs 8:33
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Proverbs 9:9
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. Proverbs 10:17
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Proverbs 12:1
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. Proverbs 13:1
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Proverbs 13:18
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Proverbs 15:5
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 15:32, 33
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. Proverbs 16:22
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Proverbs 19:20
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. Proverbs 19:27
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Proverbs 23:23
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Proverbs 24:32
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. Jeremiah 17:23
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. Jeremiah 32:33
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. Jeremiah 35:13
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. Ezekiel 5:15
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. Zephaniah 3:7
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:16
