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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He that refuseth
para` (Hebrew #6544)
to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
KJV usage: avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.
Pronounce: paw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
σinstruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
despiseth
ma'ac (Hebrew #3988)
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV usage: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person.
Pronounce: maw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
his own soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: but he that τheareth
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
reproof
towkechah (Hebrew #8433)
from 3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV usage: argument, X chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, X be (often) reproved.
Pronounce: to-kay-khaw'
Origin: and towkachath {to-kakh'-ath}
φgetteth
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
understanding
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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or, correction.
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or, obeyeth.
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possesseth an heart,
Prov. 17:16• 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? (Prov. 17:16)
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Ministry on This Verse

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refuseth.
Prov. 1:24‑33• 24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
 27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
 29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
 30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. (Prov. 1:24‑33)
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Prov. 5:11‑12• 11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (Prov. 5:11‑12)
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Prov. 8:33‑36• 33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
 34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord.
 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (Prov. 8:33‑36)
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Psa. 50:17• 17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. (Psa. 50:17)
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Heb. 12:15• 15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; (Heb. 12:15)
instruction.
or, correction.
Prov. 29:1• 1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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Jer. 5:3• 3O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. (Jer. 5:3)
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Ezek. 24:13‑14• 13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
 14I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 24:13‑14)
heareth.
or, obeyeth.
Prov. 5:13• 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! (Prov. 5:13)
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Deut. 21:18,20• 18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
 20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. (Deut. 21:18,20)
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Matt. 7:24‑27• 24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
 26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matt. 7:24‑27)
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James 1:22• 22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (James 1:22)
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Rev. 3:19• 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
getteth understanding.
Heb. possesseth an heart.
Prov. 15:14,21• 14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
 21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. (Prov. 15:14,21)
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Prov. 15•  (Prov. 15)
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Prov. 17:16• 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? (Prov. 17:16)
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Prov. 18:15• 15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. (Prov. 18:15)
• The instructed of earth are often too proud to receive an admonition. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth senseb.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "heart." see chs. 6.32; 11.12.