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Proverbs 13:1
A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 13:1 in other translations
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
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In context
1 A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.
2 A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.
3 Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
4 The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.
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