Proverbs 12:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

WHOEVER LOVES instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating.

American Standard Version (1901)

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Common English Bible

Those who love discipline love knowledge, and those who hate correction are stupid.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.

Proverbs 12:1 Cross References

Psalm 119:27

Make me understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate on thy wondrous works.

Psalm 141:5

Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Psalm 32:9

Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not keep with you.

Psalm 50:17

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Psalm 92:6

The dull man cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous is requited on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 12:2

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

Proverbs 15:10

There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die.

Proverbs 18:1

He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Proverbs 8:32

And now, my sons, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.

Proverbs 8:36

but he who misses me injures himself; all who hate me love death.”

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.”

Leviticus 13:10

and the priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, which has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.