Proverbs 15:12

The Passion Translation

The know-it-all never esteems the one who tries to correct him. He refuses to seek good advice from the wise.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

“Foolish ones, how much longer will you cling to your deception? How much longer will you mock wisdom, you cynical scorners who fight the facts?

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son or daughter desires a father’s discipline, but the know-it-all never listens to correction.

Proverbs 14:6

The intellectually arrogant seek for wisdom, but they never seem to discover what they claim they’re looking for. For revelation-knowledge flows to the one who hungers for understanding.

Proverbs 15:10

Severe punishment awaits the one who turns away from the truth, and those who rebel against correction will die.

John 7:7

The world can’t hate you, but it does me, for I am exposing their evil deeds.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time is coming when they will no longer listen and respond to the healing words of truth because they will become selfish and proud. They will seek out teachers with soothing words that line up with their desires, saying just what they want to hear.