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Proverbs 15:5
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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Proverbs 15:31-32
Whoever heeds life- giving correction will be at home among the wise.Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
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Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Proverbs 9:9
Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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Jeremiah 5:3-9
Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.I thought,“ These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the Lord, the requirements of their God.So I will go to the leaders and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the requirements of their God.” But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.“ Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man’s wife.Should I not punish them for this?” declares the Lord.“ Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
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Proverbs 13:13
Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a command is rewarded.
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Hebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
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Proverbs 19:6
Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
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Proverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.
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Proverbs 5:9-14
lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.You will say,“ How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”
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Psalms 141:5
Let a righteous man strike me— that is a kindness; let him rebuke me— that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it, for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.