Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 15:12
12A mocker dislikes one who corrects him; he will not go to 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
10Stern correction awaits one who forsakes the way. One who hates reproof will die. 11Sheol and Abaddon are before Adonai— how much more the hearts of people! A mocker dislikes one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise. 13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. 14A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
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 15:10Stern correction awaits one who forsakes the way. One who hates reproof will die.
- Proverbs 9:7Whoever corrects a scoffer is asking for insult. Whoever reproves a wicked man gets abuse.
- Amos 5:10They despise one who reproves at the gate, so they detest one who speaks with integrity.
- John 3:18The one who believes in Him is not condemned; but whoever does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not put his trust in the name of the one and only Ben-Elohim.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify that its works are evil.
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not put up with sound instruction, but they will pile up for themselves teachers in keeping with their own desires, to have their ears tickled.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of Adonai—but I hate him, because he has never prophesied anything good about me but always evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king never say such a thing.”
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know 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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