A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.
A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
P R O V E R B S CHAP. XIII. Moral Maxims. 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. Among the children of the same parents it is no new thing for some to be hopeful and others the contrary; now here we…