Proverbs 15:32
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוּסָר
mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
תּוֹכֵחָה
tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →תּוֹכֵחָה tôwkêchâh
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Study H8433 →מוּסָר mûwçâr
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
Study H4148 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t...
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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