Proverbs 15:32
WEB
He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who listens to reproof gets understanding.
BSB
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
KJV
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6544
v — loosen, expose, dismiss, absolve, begin
Derivation: a primitive root;
to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
KJV: avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.
vb — let go
פָּרַע vb. let go, let alone
Qal
1. let go, let loose, people, i.e. remove restraint from them
2. let alone = avoid; = neglect; = refrain
Niph. the people is let loose, lacks restraint.
Hiph.
1. cause people to refrain
2. shew lack of restraint
H4148
n-m — chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint
Derivation: from 3256;
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV: bond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
n.m — discipline
מוּסָר n.m. discipline (of the moral nature), chastening, correction
H3988
v — spurn, disappear
Derivation: a primitive root;
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.
vb — flow
[מָאַס] vb. Niph. flow, run
vb — reject
[מָאַס] vb. reject
Qal
1. reject, refuse
2. despise
Niph. be rejected
H5315
n-f — breathing creature, animal, vitality
Derivation: from 5314;
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
n.f — soul
נֶ֫פֶשׁ 756 n.f. soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
1. = that which breathes, the breathing substance or being
2. The נפשׁ becomes a living being
3. The נפשׁ is specif.
4. The נפשׁ as the essential of man stands for the man himself
5. נפשׁ = seat of the appetites, in all periods (46 t.)
6. נ׳ = seat of emotions and passions
7. נפשׁ is used occasionally for mental acts
8. נפשׁ for acts of the will is dub.
9. נפשׁ = character is still more dub.
10. נ׳ in D
H8085
v — hear, tell
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
vb — hear
שָׁמַע 1152 vb. hear
Qal 1052
1. subj. pers. hum.
2. י׳ (God) subj.
Niph. 42
1. be heard, of voice, sound
2. be heard of
3. be regarded, obeyed
4. = (favourable) hearing was granted to their voice.
Pi. he caused the people to hear
Hiph. 63
1. of man
2. י׳ subj.
H8433
n-f — chastisement, correction, refutation, proof
Derivation: and תּוֹכַחַת; from 3198;
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV: argument, × chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, × be (often) reproved.
n.f — rebuke
תּוֹכֵחָה n.f. rebuke, correction
n.f — argument
תּוֹכַ֫חַת n.f. argument, reproof
1. argument, impeachment, spoken by lips and mouth
2. reproof, chiding
3. correction, rebuke
H7069
v — erect, create, procure, sell, own
Derivation: a primitive root;
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, × surely, × verily.
vb — get
קָנָה 84 vb. get, acquire
Qal 81
1. get, acquire (all poet.)
2. elsewhere buy
Niph. be bought
Hiph. caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman
H3820
n-m — heart, feelings, will, intellect, centre
Derivation: a form of 3824;
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV: care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.
n.m — inner man
לֵב 599 n.m. (f.) inner man, mind, will, heart
I. seldom of things in the midst of the sea
II. elsewhere of men
1. the inner man in contrast with the outer
2. the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will
3. specific reference to mind
4. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will
5. spec. ref. to conscience
6. [various]
7. for the man himself
8. as seat of appetites
9. as seat of emotions and passions
10. seat of courage
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Verse 32
Proverbs 15:32
See here, 1. The folly of those that will not be taught, that refuse instruction, that will not heed it, but turn their backs upon it, or will not hear it, but turn their hearts against it. They refuse correction (margin); they will not take it, no, not from God himself, but kick against the pricks. Those that do so despise their own souls; they show that they have a low and mean opinion of them, and are in little care and concern about them, considered as rational and immortal, instruction being designed to cultivate reason and prepare for the immortal state. The fundamental error of sinners is undervaluing their own souls; therefore they neglect to provide for them, abuse them, expose them, prefer the body before the soul, and wrong the soul to please the body. 2. The wisdom of those that are willing, not only to be taught, but to be reproved: He that hears reproof, and amends the faults he is reproved for, gets understanding, by which his soul is secured from bad ways and directed in good ways, and thereby he both evidences the value he has for his own soul and puts true honour upon it.