Proverbs 13:1
Good News Translation
Wise children pay attention when their parents correct them, but arrogant people never admit they are wrong.

New Revised Standard Version
A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Contemporary English Version
Children with good sense accept correction from their parents, but stubborn children ignore it completely.

New American Bible
A wise son loves correction, but the scoffer heeds no rebuke.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, heareth not when he is reproved.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, heareth not when he is reproved.

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Proverbs 9:7,8 Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. . . .

Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.

1 Samuel 2:25 If one man shall sin against another, God may be appeased in his behalf: but if a man shall sin against the Lord, who shall pray for him? And they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

Isaiah 28:14,15 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem. . . .

Context
A Father's Discipline
1A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, heareth not when he is reproved.2Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.…
Cross References
Proverbs 9:7
Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:8
Give 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.

Proverbs 10:1
Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Proverbs 15:12
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.

Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 12:28
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