Proverbs 15:31
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
BSB
ASV
The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
KJV
The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
The ear that hears the corrections of life, etc. The disciple who obediently listens to the corrections of teachers often progresses to the very seat of honor. Finally, Paul, who humbly submitted to the correction of his Creator, subsequently reached the seat of apostolic dignity.
The reproof of life - i. e., The reproof that leads to, or gives life, rather than that which comes from life and its experience.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
leads to
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Through
Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
leads to
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Through
Proverbs 25:12Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
leads to
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds…
