and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate k
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because the
The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your com
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like
While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So
And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD aga
Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them,
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,