Proverbs 8:33

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Proverbs 8:33 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
Proverbs 8:33 — American Standard Version

Context — Proverbs 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Hear: Pro 1:2, Pro 1:3, Pro 1:8, Pro 4:1, Pro 5:1; Isa 55:1-3; Rom 10:16, Rom 10:17 refuse: Pro 1:21; Psa 81:11, Psa 81:12; Act 7:35-37; Heb 12:25 Proverbs 8:34”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The summons 32a, and its reason 32b, are repeated in these verses which follow: 33 "Hear instruction, and be wise, And withdraw not. 34 Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors! 35 For whosoever findeth me has found life, And has obtained favour from Jahve; 36 And whosoever misseth me doeth wrong to himself; All they who hate me love death." The imper. וחכמוּ, 33a (et sapite), is to be judged after Pro 4:4, וחיה, cf. the Chethı̂b, Pro 13:20; one sees this from the words ואל־תּפרעוּ which follow, to which, after Pro 15:32, as at Pro 4:13, to אל־תּרף, מוּסר is to be placed as object: and throw not to the winds (ne missam faciatis; vid.,…”
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