Proverbs 12:1 - The Scriptures 1998

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.

Proverbs 12:1 Cross References

Psalm 119:27

Make me understand the way of Your orders; That I might meditate on Your wonders.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous one smite me Or reprove me in kindness – It is oil on my head. Let my head not refuse it. My prayer is still against their evil deeds.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse, like the mule, With no understanding, with bit and bridle, Else they do not come near you.”

Psalm 50:17

“While you hated instruction And cast My Words behind you?

Psalm 92:6

A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accepts commands, But one with foolish lips falls.

Proverbs 11:31

See, the righteous in the earth shall be rewarded, How much more the wrong and the sinner!

Proverbs 12:2

The good obtains favour from יהוה, But the man of wicked devices He declares wrong.

Proverbs 15:10

Discipline is grievous to him who forsakes the way; He who hates reproof dies.

Proverbs 18:1

The separatist seeks his own desire; He breaks out against all sound wisdom.

Proverbs 30:2

For I am more stupid than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.

Proverbs 8:17

“I love those who love me, And those who earnestly seek me do find me.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, listen to me, you children, For blessed are they who guard my ways.

Proverbs 8:36

“But he who sins against me injures himself; All who hate me love death!”

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its owner and a donkey its master’s crib – Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 13:10

“And the priest shall look and see, if the swelling on the skin is white, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a spot of raw flesh in the swelling,

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order for them to be saved.