Proverbs 12:1

The Message

If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction!

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

“Don’t be ornery like a horse or mule that needs bit and bridle to stay on track.”

Proverbs 10:8

A wise heart takes orders; an empty head will come unglued.

Proverbs 11:31

If good people barely make it, what’s in store for the bad!

Proverbs 12:2

A good person basks in the delight of God, and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.

Proverbs 15:10

It’s a school of hard knocks for those who leave God’s path, a dead-end street for those who hate God’s rules.

Proverbs 18:1

Loners who care only for themselves spit on the common good.

Proverbs 8:32

“So, my dear friends, listen carefully; those who embrace these my ways are most blessed. Mark a life of discipline and live wisely; don’t squander your precious life. Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day’s work. When you find me, you find life, real life, to say nothing of God’s good pleasure. But if you wrong me, you damage your very soul; when you reject me, you’re flirting with death.”