A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A wise son listens to his father's instruction and teaching, while a scorner refuses to listen to rebuke and correction. The difference between them lies in how they receive reproof. The verse illustrates the importance of giving heed to instruction and accepting reproof.
The wise son loves the one who rebukes him. By heeding instruction he becomes still wiser and increases in learning. By doing so he remains in the way of life. The scorner, by contrast, will not hear rebuke. He hates the one who reproves him, refuses instruction, and errs from the way.
Christians must therefore bear rebuke and admonition from one another. Professed churches that close their eyes and shut their ears against hearing reproof are fast sinking into darkness and error.
A wise son listens to his father's instruction and teaching, while a scorner refuses to listen to rebuke and correction. The difference between them lies in how they receive reproof. The verse illustrates the importance of giving heed to instruction and accepting reproof.
The wise son loves the one who rebukes him. By heeding instruction he becomes still wiser and increases in learning. By doing so he remains in the way of life. The scorner, by contrast, will not hear rebuke. He hates the one who reproves him, refuses instruction, and errs from the way.
Christians must therefore bear rebuke and admonition from one another. Professed churches that close their eyes and shut their ears against hearing reproof are fast sinking into darkness and error.