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Proverbs 8:33

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

KJV

Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abjicere eam.

Vulgate

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

ASV

שִׁמְע֖וּ מוּסָ֥ר וַ/חֲכָ֗מוּ וְ/אַל תִּפְרָֽעוּ

Hebrew

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
יֶחְכַּם
ychkm
verb · 28×
מוּסָ֑ר
mvsr
noun · 50×
פּוֹרֵ֣עַ
pvr'
verb · 16×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 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:
  • Heb 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:
  • Isa 55:1 — 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.
  • John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
  • Neh 8:13 — And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
  • Prov 1:2 — To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
  • Prov 1:8 — My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • Prov 1:21 — She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
  • Prov 4:1 — Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
  • Prov 5:1 — My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
  • Prov 15:32 — He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
  • Ps 81:11 — But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
  • Rom 10:16 — But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?