Proverbs 12 · Verse 1

Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 12:1, King James Version

Proverbs 12:1 in other translations

BSBWhoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
WEBWhoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
ASVWhoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
YLTWhoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
DARBYWhoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
BBEA lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
WebsterWhoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

What does Proverbs 12:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Pr 12:1-28. 1. loveth knowledge--as the fruit of instruction or training (Pr 1:2). hateth reproof--(Pr 10:17). brutish--stupid, regardless of his own welfare (Psa 49:10; 73:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Of the benefit of instruction, and the cultivation of piety. The virtuous woman. The different lot of the just and unjust. The humane man. The industrious man. The fool and the wise man. The uncharitable. The excellence of the righteous. The slothful is in want. Righteousness leads to life, etc. Verse 1 Whoso loveth instruction - מוסר musar, discipline or correction, loves knowledge; for correction is the way to knowledge. But he that hateth reproof is brutish - בער baar, he is a bear; and expects no more benefit from correction than the ox does from the goad.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 12:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֹהֵ֣ב'o.Hev[one who] lovesH157
מ֭וּסָרMu.sordisciplineH4148
אֹ֣הֵֽב'O.hev[is] lovingH157
דָּ֑עַתDa.'atknowledgeH1847
וְשֹׂנֵ֖אve.so.Ne'and [one who] hatesH8130
תוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatrebukeH8433
בָּֽעַר\׃Ba.'ar[is] stupidH1198

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 12:1

  • Proverbs 15:10

    Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Proverbs 9:7-8

    He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  • Psalms 119:97-100

    מ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

  • Proverbs 5:12-13

    And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

  • Proverbs 18:1

    Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

  • Psalms 32:9

    Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

  • Proverbs 8:17

    I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Proverbs 2:10-11

    When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10

    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

  • Proverbs 8:32

    Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

  • Isaiah 1:3

    The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:10,11; 8:17,32; 18:1; Ps 119:27,97-100; 2Th 2:10
he that.
5:12,13; 9:7,8; Ps 32:9; 92:6; Isa 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Proverbs 12:2

    A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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Proverbs 12:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		EL que ama la corrección ama la sabiduría: mas el que aborrece la reprensión, es ignorante.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui aime l’instruction aime la connaissance, et qui hait la répréhension est stupide.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wer Unterweisung liebt, liebt Erkenntnis; und wer Zucht haßt, ist dumm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui diligit disciplinam diligit scientiam; qui autem odit increpationes insipiens est.