1A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.


In Context

1 A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.

2 From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous — violence.

3 Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!

Proverbs 13:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, beareth not when he is reproved.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:1A WISE son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:1A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scorner hears not rebuke.