Proverbs 19:20

"Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of
your days" (Proverbs 19:20). The ability to listen and be open to advice are
crucial to living wisely. This includes listening to correction and rebukes
we may not like to hear at the time. Hebrews 12:11 tells us: "All discipline
for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have
been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness." When we close ourself off from advice and the sorrow of
discipline, we are also closing ourselves off to the peaceful fruit of
righteousness. We should never be so arrogant to think we have everything
handled and need no advice.

Jeremy Sprouse