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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;

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Proverbs 8:33

COMBINED MEANING

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

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

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

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