Proverbs 15:12
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A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
In other translations
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Amos 5:10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Job 21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- Proverbs 9:7-87 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. 8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 3:18-2118 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- Proverbs 15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
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