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Proverbs 15:12
12Proud people do not like it when someone warns them. They will not ask wise people to give them advice.
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
10If you leave God's way, you will receive strong punishment. When people warn you, accept it or you will die. 11The Lord sees clearly into the deep hole of death. So you can be sure that he knows people's secret thoughts. Proud people do not like it when someone warns them. They will not ask wise people to give them advice. 13When someone is happy, their face smiles. But when someone is sad, their spirit hurts. 14Wise people want to learn more. But fools only want to know useless things.
Read all of Proverbs 15Proverbs 15:12 word by word
לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ אֶל־חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א יֵלֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 15:12
- Proverbs 15:10If you leave God's way, you will receive strong punishment. When people warn you, accept it or you will die.
- 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.
- Amos 5:10‘You Israelites hate honest judges. You laugh at anyone who speaks the truth.
- John 3:18God will not punish anyone who believes in his Son. But if people refuse to believe in the Son, God has already decided that he must punish them. They have not believed in God's one and only Son.
- John 7:7People who belong to this world cannot hate you. But they hate me. The things that they do are very bad. And I tell them that those things are wrong. That is why they hate me.
- 2 Timothy 4:3Do this, because a time will come when people will not listen to God's true message. Instead, they will want to hear all kinds of new messages that will make them happy. So they will find many teachers for themselves who will tell them what they want to hear.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ‘There is still one man. We could ask him what the Lord wants us to do. But I do not like him, because he never says that anything good will happen to me. He always says that I will have trouble. He is Imlah's son, Micaiah.’ Jehoshaphat said, ‘The king should not talk like that.’
- Job 21:14They say to God, “Leave us alone! We do not want to know about your 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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