American Standard Version
Proverbs 15:12
12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;He will not go unto the wise.
Proverbs 15:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
- New International Version (NIV)Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.
Context of Proverbs 15:12
10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die. 11Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah; How much more then the hearts of the children of men! A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. 13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:12 word by word
לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ אֶל־חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א יֵלֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:12
- Proverbs 15:10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.
- Proverbs 9:7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Amos 5:10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- John 3:18He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;
- 2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:12
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12Verse 12 A scorner cannot bear to reflect seriously within his own heart.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Mockers cannot become wise because they avoid criticism (compare Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. (Compare Pr 9:8). go unto the wise--to be instructed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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