Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'instruction' occurs 42 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'instruction' in the standard works and contain 14.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Prov. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)


Prov. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:




Prov. 15:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 0 32
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 25 0 25
Jer. 3 0 3
Ezek. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 3 2 5
DC 5 4 9
PGP 1 1 2
TOTAL 42 7 49

Prov. 1:2
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

Prov. 1:3
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Prov. 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Prov. 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Prov. 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Prov. 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Prov. 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Prov. 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Prov. 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Prov. 8:10
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Prov. 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Prov. 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Prov. 10:17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Prov. 12:1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Prov. 13:1
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Prov. 13:18
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Prov. 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Prov. 15:32
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Prov. 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Prov. 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Prov. 19:20
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Prov. 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Prov. 23:12
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Prov. 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Prov. 24:32
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.