Proverbs 5:12
"And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;"
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- Proverbs 12:1
"Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 1:22
"How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:5
"A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 1:25
"But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:18
"Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 44:4
"Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate."
Read in chapter → - John 3:19
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 2:13
"And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?"
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 1:4
"Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD."
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