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Selected Verse: Proverbs 15:32 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 15:32 |
King James |
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
refuseth--or, "neglects," "passes by" (Pro 1:25; Pro 4:15).
despiseth . . . soul--so acts as if esteeming its interests of no value. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Two proverbs with the catchword מוּסר:
32 He that refuseth correction lightly values his soul;
But he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Regarding פּורע מוּסר, vid., Pro 13:18, cf. Pro 1:25, and מואס נפשׁו, Pro 8:36. נפשׁו contains more than the later expression עצמו, self; it is equivalent to חיּיו (Job 9:21), for the נפשׁ is the bond of union between the intellectual and the corporeal life. The despising of the soul is then the neglecting, endangering, exposing of the life; in a word, it is suicide (10b). Pro 19:8 is a variation derived from this distich: "He who gains understanding loves his soul," according to which the lxx translate here ἀγαπᾷ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ. לב the Midrash explains by חכמה שׁנתונה בלב; but the correct view is, that לב is not thought of as a formal power, but as operative and carried into effect in conformity with its destination. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Despiseth his own soul - That is constructively; for if the instruction lead to the preservation of life and soul, he that neglects or despises it throws all as much in the way of danger as if he actually hated himself. |
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.