Children's Bible

<h3>THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILLING TO LEARN</h3> <div class='poem'> The lips of the wise speak knowledge,<br/> But the fool does not understand.<br/> A fool's way seems right in his sight,<br/> But a wise man listens to advice.<br/> A fool despises his father's correction,<br/> But he who regards reproof acts wisely.<br/> <br/> Listen to advice and receive instruction,<br/> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</SPAN></span>That you may be wise in your later life.<br/> Advice in a man's mind is like deep water,<br/> But a man of sense will draw it out.<br/> Hold fast instruction, let it not go;<br/> Keep it, for it is your life.<br/> <br/> My son, reject not the discipline of the Lord,<br/> And do not spurn his reproof,<br/> For whom he loves he reproves,<br/> Even as a father the son of whom he is fond.<br/> He who rejects correction despises his own self,<br/> But he who listens to reproof gains understanding.<br/></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />