A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.


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Genesis 37 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Genesis 44 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
Exodus 18 22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Exodus 23 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 19 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Leviticus 24 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus 26 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 4 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 21 18 If 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:
Deuteronomy 22 30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Deuteronomy 25 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
2 Samuel 18 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
1 Kings 11 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 17 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Psalms 1 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 17 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 44 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 50 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms 101 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms 119 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Psalms 119 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Psalms 119 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms 119 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Psalms 141 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Proverbs 1 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.