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Proverbs 15:31

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15:31The person91 who hears the reproof that leads to life92

is at home93 among the wise.94

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Footnotes

  1. 91 Heb “ear” (so , ). The term “ear” is a synecdoche of part (= ear) for the whole (= person).
  2. 92 “Life” is an objective genitive: Reproof brings or preserves life. Cf. “life-giving rebuke”; “constructive criticism.”
  3. 93 Heb “lodges.” This means to live with, to be at home with.
  4. 94 The proverb is one full sentence; it affirms that a teachable person is among the wise.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The ear that listens to life-giving reproof

will dwell among the wise.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever heeds life-giving correction

will be at home among the wise.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

One who listens to life-giving rebukes

will be at home among the wise.

NLTNew Living Translation

If you listen to constructive criticism,

you will be at home among the wise.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The ear of him who listens to admonitions of life,

in the midst of the wise it will lodge.

KJV 1900King James Version

The ear that heareth the reproof of life

Abideth among the wise.