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Proverbs 9:8

Proverbs 9:8

Little Bible — for children and parents · Growth Figures · © Growth Figures. All rights reserved.

The contrast is absolute: scorners respond to correction with hate; wise people respond with love. How we receive correction reveals our character.

Memory phrase: Wise people love being corrected.

Talk about it: When someone corrects you, do you feel angry or thankful? What can you do to be more like the wise person in this verse?

Prayer: God, make me the kind of person who receives correction with a thankful heart and becomes wiser for it.

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