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open to correction

Proverbs 1:7-9 (JDV).

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Yahveh is the first knowledge; fools despise wisdom and correction.
Proverbs 1:8 Listen, my son, to your father’s correction, and don’t reject your mother’s instruction,
Proverbs 1:9 because they will be a wreath of favor on your head and pendants around your neck.

open to correction

The first rule of gaining wisdom is that you have to be willing to accept correction from others. Fearing God means bending my will to his will. Honoring my parents means listening to their instructions and adjusting my life to their correction. If I refuse to be open to changing my behavior on the basis of God’s word and my parents’ advice — I will not learn wisdom. I have no hope of getting the awards of wisdom if I refuse this first step in training.