Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A father always wants the best for his son so he tries to give him the instruction to help him lead a more successful life than he had. A wise son will take advantage of his fathers instruction knowing that his father gained this knowledge from experience. A scorner is the son who does not want to listen to instruction from anyone. Parents that love their children will rebuke their children when they do wrong but if the child does not learn from this are in for serious trouble . In the Old Testament, a rebellious son was to be taken to the edge of the city and stoned to death. This was a drastic measure, but I believe we are to see in that lesson that a person who will not be instructed is headed for destruction We will see later in this chapter how to help with the problem child.