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Proverbs 12:1
1Do you want to know the right way to live? Then you must accept it when people warn you that you have done something wrong. Only stupid people hate it when people warn them.
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
Do you want to know the right way to live? Then you must accept it when people warn you that you have done something wrong. Only stupid people hate it when people warn them. 2The Lord helps good people. But he punishes people who want to do evil things. 3No one can use wicked things to make himself safe. But a righteous person has strong roots.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:1 word by word
אֹהֵ֣ב מ֭וּסָר אֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת בָּֽעַר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:1
- Proverbs 5:12You will say, ‘I should have listened when people warned me that I was doing bad things.
- Proverbs 9:7If you warn a person who is proud, he will insult you. If you tell a wicked person that he is wrong, he will hurt you.
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like a silly horse, or a mule. You have to use a rope to show them which way to go. Without that, they will not obey you.
- Psalms 92:6Here is something that stupid people do not know. Fools do not understand it.
- Isaiah 1:3An ox knows its master. A donkey knows the place where its master feeds it. But Israel's people do not know me. My people do not understand me.’
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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