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Two proverbs with the catchword מוּסָר:
32 He that refuseth correction lightly values his soul;
But he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Regarding פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר, vid., Pro 13:18, cf. Pro 1:25, and מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ, Pro 8:36. נַפְשׁוֹ contains more than the later expression עַצְמוֹ, self; it is equivalent to חַיָּיו (Job 9:21), for the נפשׁ is the bond of union between the intellectual and the corporeal life. The despising of the soul is then the neglecting, endangering, exposing of the life; in a word, it is suicide (10b). Pro 19:8 is a variation derived from this distich: “He who gains understanding loves his soul,” according to which the lxx translate here ἀγαπᾷ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ. לֵב the Midrash explains by חכמה שׁנתונה בלב; but the correct view is, that לֵב is not thought of as a formal power, but as operative and carried into effect in conformity with its destination.