Job 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction , Psalms 50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction , and castest my words behind thee. Proverbs 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction ; to perceive the words of understanding; Proverbs 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction . Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Proverbs 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction : but he that refuseth reproof erreth. Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction : but a scorner heareth not rebuke. Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction : but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Proverbs 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. Proverbs 15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction : but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. Proverbs 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction , that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction , and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction , and understanding. Proverbs 24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction . Proverbs 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Proverbs 5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction , and my heart despised reproof; Proverbs 5:23 He shall die without instruction ; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Proverbs 8:10 Receive my instruction , and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Proverbs 8:33 Hear instruction , and be wise, and refuse it not. Proverbs 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Jeremiah 17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction . Jeremiah 32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction . Jeremiah 35:13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.