Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A WISE SON (HEARETH) HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION: BUT A SCORNER HEARETH NOT REBUKE. A wise son shows his wisdom by hearing his father's disciplinary instruction - i:e., instruction accompanied with chastisement (Hebrew, muwcar (H4148)). Had Eli administered such discipline, and his sons heeded it, their end would have been very different (1 Samuel 2:25)....

CHAPTER XIII _Various moral sentences; the wise child; continence of speech;_ _of the poor rich man and the rich poor man; ill-gotten wealth;_ _delay of what is hoped for; the bad consequences of refusing_ _instruction; providing for one's children; the necessity of_ _correcting them, c._ NOTES ON CHAP. XIII Verse Proverbs 13:1. _A WISE SON_ HEARETH _HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION_] The child that has had a proper _nurturing_, will profit by his father's counsels but the child that is permitted to fulfil _its own will_ and _have its own way_, will jest at the reproofs

HEARETH - The verb of the second clause is inserted in the first, just as in the next verse that of the first is inserted in the second. Stress is laid upon the obstinacy of the scorner who refuses to hear, not only “instruction,” but also the much stronger “rebuke.”...

EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebrew is elliptical, "A wise son, his father's discipline," _i.e._ is the object or the result of his father's education; he owes his wisdom to it. Septuagint, "A clever (πανοῦργος) son is obedient to his father." BUT A SCORNER (Proverbs 1:22) HEARETH NOT REBUKE; one who mocks at goodness and despises filial piety will not listen to reproof. Septuagint, "A disobedient son is in destruction." Compare the case of Eli's sons, and their fate ...

A WISE SON [HEARETH] HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION,.... As he should, and has good reason to do; since it must be cordial, faithful, and disinterested, as well as the effect of age and experience. He "asks for it" and "loves" it, as Jarchi supplies the text; he likes and approves of it, is well pleased with it, and delights in it; seeing it tends to his profit and advantage; he "receives" it, as the Targum, so Ben Melech; he listens to and obeys it, and acts agreeably to it, which shows him to be wise; and this is the way to be wiser and wiser. So one that is spiritually wise will attend to and receive the instruction of Wisdom or Christ; who stands in the relation of an everlasting fin, her to his children; whose instruction is the doctrine of the Gospel; which a wise man hears, so as to understand it; to love and like it, and approve of it; cordially to embrace and obey it, and put it in pr...

CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illustrating a statement found in the prophet Isaiah: “Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings” Isaiah 3:10). Then the contrast: “Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him” Proverbs 13:11). The righteous eats good by the fruit of his mouth; the transgressor receives violence. There is fatness for the soul of the diligent and nothing for the soul of the sluggard. Righteousness keepeth; wickedness overthrows. While the light of the righteous rejoiceth, the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. These a

PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:19 a). There is a new proverb relating to the faithfulness of messengers, perhaps with reference to diplomatic missions. PROVERBS 13:5. IS LOATHSOME: render behaves vilely. Proverbs 13:7. Both AV and RV obscure the point of the aphorism, which contrasts two equally obnoxious social shams. Translate, There are poor people who pretend to be rich, and there are rich people who feign they are poor....

INSTRUCTION. correction, or discipline....

A WISE SON, &C.— _A wise son regardeth the instruction of his father, but a son who is a scorner heareth not rebuke._ Houbigant....

CHAPTER 13 TEXT Proverbs 13:1-9 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke. 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence. 3. He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 5. A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. 6. Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. 8. The ransom of a man's life is