Proverbs 15:12

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

10Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die. 11Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men! A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise. 13A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 14The heart of an intelligent [man] seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly.

Proverbs 15:12 word by word

לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ אֶל־חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א יֵלֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450

Cross-references for Proverbs 15:12

• Proverbs 15:10Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.
• Proverbs 9:7He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
• Amos 5:10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
• John 3:18He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;
• 2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but always evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. 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

Topics related to Proverbs 15:12

• Pride
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Abomination
• Cheerful
• Continual
• Countenance
• Disappoint
• Disperse
• Feast
• Grievous
• Humility
• Poetry

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