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Proverbs 8:33

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Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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  1. Proverbs 4:1Rank 1 from verse 33
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    1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  2. Psalms 81:11–12Rank 2 from verse 33
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    11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

    12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

  3. Proverbs 1:8Rank 3 from verse 33
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    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  4. Proverbs 5:1Rank 4 from verse 33
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    1MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

  5. Proverbs 1:2–3Rank 5 from verse 33
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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

    3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

  6. Hebrews 12:25Rank 6 from verse 33
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  7. Romans 10:16–17Rank 7 from verse 33
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    16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

    17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  8. Isaiah 55:1–3Rank 8 from verse 33
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    1HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

    2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

    3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  9. Proverbs 1:21Rank 9 from verse 33
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    21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

  10. Acts 7:35–37Rank 10 from verse 33
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    35This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

    36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

    37¶ This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

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Proverbs 8:33

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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instruction

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

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

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wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

8:33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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