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

¹ Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHOEVER LOVES instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Common English Bible

¹ Those who love discipline love knowledge, and those who hate correction are stupid.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ 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.