Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Proverbs 15:12 in other translations
| BSB | A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise. |
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| WEB | A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise. |
| ASV | A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. |
| YLT | A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not. |
| DARBY | A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise. |
| BBE | The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise. |
| Webster | A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise. |
What does Proverbs 15:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 15:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 15:12
- Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
- John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
- Proverbs 15:10
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- John 3:18-21
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 15:11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
- Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
- Proverbs 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El escarnecedor no ama al que le reprende; ni se allega á los sabios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le moqueur n’aime pas celui qui le reprend; il ne va pas vers les sages. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Spötter liebt es nicht, daß man ihn zurechtweise; zu den Weisen geht er nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non amat pestilens eum qui se corripit, nec ad sapientes graditur. |