THEOSISProverbs 15:31Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The ear that heareth the reproofs of life, shall abide in the midst of the wise.
אֹ֗זֶן שֹׁ֭מַעַת תּוֹכַ֣חַת חַיִּ֑ים בְּקֶ֖רֶב חֲכָמִ֣ים תָּלִֽין׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:5A fool laugheth at the instruction of his father: but he that regardeth reproofs shall become prudent. In abundant justice there is the greatest strength: but the devices of the wicked shall be rooted out.
- Prov 25:12As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.
- Prov 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- Prov 9:9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
- Prov 19:20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.
- John 15:3Now you are clean, by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
- John 15:4Abide in me: and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me.
- Prov 13:20He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.