Amsal 15:32

15:32 The one who refuses correction despises himself, ¹ 

but whoever hears ²  reproof acquires understanding. ³ 

Amsal 25:10

25:10 lest the one who hears it put you to shame

and your infamy ⁴  will never go away.

[15:32]  ¹ sn To “despise oneself” means to reject oneself as if there was little value. The one who ignores discipline is not interested in improving himself.

[15:32]  ² tn Or “heeds” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “listens to.”

[15:32]  ³ tn The Hebrew text reads קוֹנֶה לֵּב (qoneh lev), the participle of קָנָה (qanah, “to acquire; to possess”) with its object, “heart.” The word “heart” is frequently a metonymy of subject, meaning all the capacities of the human spirit and/or mind. Here it refers to the ability to make judgments or discernment.

[25:10]  ⁴ tn The noun דִּבָּה (dibbah, “infamy; defamation; evil report; whispering”) is used of an evil report here (e.g., Gen 37:2), namely a true report of evil doing. So if a person betrays another person’s confidence, he will never be able to live down the bad reputation he made as one who betrays secrets (cf. NIV).