Other translations
American Standard Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Hear instruction and receive wisdom and do not go astray.
Darby Bible Translation
hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
God's Word
Listen to discipline, and become wise. Do not leave my ways.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen to instruction and be wise; don't ignore it.
International Standard Version
Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.
NET Bible
Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.
New American Standard Bible
"Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.
New International Version
Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.
New Living Translation
Listen to my instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
The World English Bible
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
EasyEnglish Bible
Listen when I tell you what is right for you to do. Then you will be wise. Do not forget what I tell you.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
New Life Version
Hear my teaching and be wise. Do not turn away from it.
The Voice Bible
Pay attention to my guidance, dare to be wise, and don’t disregard my teachings.
Living Bible
“Listen to my counsel—oh, don’t refuse it—and be wise.
New Catholic Bible
Listen to instruction and gain wisdom; do not reject it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Hear discipline and be wise, And do not neglect it.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Hearken unto chastening, and be wise; refuse it not.
Christian Standard Bible
Listen to instruction and be wise; don’t ignore it.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it.
New Century Version
Listen to my teaching, and you will be wise; do not ignore it.
The Message
“So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace these my ways are most blessed. Mark a life of discipline and live wisely; don’t squander your precious life. Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day’s work. When you find me, you find life, real life, to say nothing of God’s good pleasure. But if you wrong me, you damage your very soul; when you reject me, you’re flirting with death.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Listen to discipline and become wise. Do not neglect it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Good News Translation®
Listen to what you are taught. Be wise; do not neglect it.
Wycliffe Bible
Hear ye teaching, and be ye wise men; and do not ye cast it away. (Listen ye to my teaching, and be ye wise; and do not ye throw it away.)
Contemporary English Version
Listen carefully to my instructions, and you will be wise.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Common English Bible © 2011
Listen to instruction, and be wise; don’t avoid it.
Amplified Bible © 2015
“Heed (pay attention to) instruction and be wise, And do not ignore or neglect it.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Listen to instruction and grow wise, do not reject it!
New American Standard Bible
Listen to instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.
The Expanded Bible
Listen to my ·teaching [instruction], and you will be wise; do not ·ignore [avoid] it.
Tree of Life Version
Heed discipline and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Revised Standard Version
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
New International Reader's Version
Listen to my teaching and be wise. Don’t turn away from it.
BRG Bible
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Complete Jewish Bible
Hear instruction, and grow wise; do not refuse it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Hear musar, and be chacham, and disdain it not.
Names of God Bible
Listen to discipline, and become wise. Do not leave my ways.
Modern English Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to my teaching and be wise; don’t ignore what I say.
International Children’s Bible
Listen to my teaching, and you will be wise. Do not ignore it.
Lexham English Bible
Hear teaching and be wise; do not neglect it.
New International Version - UK
Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.