Proverbs 8:33 “Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.”

Proverbs 8:33

Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not: blessed is the man that heareth mee, watching dayly at my gates, and giuing attendance at the postes of my doores.

Darby Translation

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Young's Literal Translation

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

Bible in Basic English

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

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Cross references

“Hear”

Proverbs 4:1 Proverbs 1:8 Proverbs 5:1 Isaiah 55:1–3 Proverbs 1:2 Proverbs 1:3

Proverbs 4:1 · BSB

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs 1:8 · BSB

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 5:1 · BSB

My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

Isaiah 55:1–3 · BSB

“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!

Proverbs 1:2 · BSB

for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight,

Proverbs 1:3 · BSB

and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

“refuse”

Hebrews 12:25 Proverbs 1:21 Acts 7:35–37 Psalm 81:11 Psalm 81:12

Hebrews 12:25 · BSB

See 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?

Proverbs 1:21 · BSB

in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Acts 7:35–37 · BSB

This 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.

Psalm 81:11 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Psalm 81:12 · BSB

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

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