Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Proverbs 15:32

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapterReport issue
More

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

1 selected · 32 available

Add or remove verses within this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

All 19 ranked passages are available for comparison.

From verse 32

  1. Proverbs 1:24–33Rank 1 from verse 32
    Open

    24¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

    25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

    26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

    27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

    28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

    29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

    32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

    33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  2. Revelation 3:19Rank 2 from verse 32
    Open

    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  3. Proverbs 1:7Rank 3 from verse 32
    Open

    7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  4. Isaiah 1:5Rank 4 from verse 32
    Open

    5¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

  5. Jeremiah 5:3Rank 5 from verse 32
    Open

    3O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

  6. Proverbs 18:15Rank 6 from verse 32
    Open

    15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  7. Proverbs 8:33–36Rank 7 from verse 32
    Open

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

    34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

  8. Deuteronomy 21:18Rank 8 from verse 32
    Open

    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:

  9. Deuteronomy 21:20Rank 9 from verse 32
    Open

    20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  10. James 1:22Rank 10 from verse 32
    Open

    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

  11. Matthew 7:24–27Rank 11 from verse 32
    Open

    24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

    25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

    26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

    27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  12. Proverbs 15:14Rank 12 from verse 32
    Open

    14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  13. Proverbs 15:21Rank 13 from verse 32
    Open

    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  14. Proverbs 17:16Rank 14 from verse 32
    Open

    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  15. Proverbs 29:1Rank 15 from verse 32
    Open

    1HE, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  16. Proverbs 5:11–13Rank 16 from verse 32
    Open

    11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

    13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

  17. Psalms 50:17Rank 17 from verse 32
    Open

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

  18. Ezekiel 24:13–14Rank 18 from verse 32
    Open

    13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

    14I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

  19. Hebrews 12:15Rank 19 from verse 32
    Open

    15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:32

COMBINED MEANING

instruction

↗

Teaching or information that directs understanding and conduct; correction, discipline, or an instructive warning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

soul

↗

Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

understanding

↗

1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

FOLLOW THE THEME

Related Concepts

Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.

READ THE PASSAGE

View in context

Nearby verses · passage boundary unavailable · Proverbs 15:31–33

The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.

15:31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

15:32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Selected passage

15:33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Ask a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.