American Standard Version
Proverbs 12:1
1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 12:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid.
Context of Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:1 word by word
אֹהֵ֣ב מ֭וּסָר אֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת בָּֽעַר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:1
- Proverbs 5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
- Proverbs 9:7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Psalms 32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.
- Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Whoso 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to submit to discipline and education. Compare Psalm 49:12.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Verse 1 Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-28Pr 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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