Proverbs 15:12 - Easy To Read Version The foolish person hates to be told when he is wrong. And that person refuses to ask wise people for advice. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: Neither will he go unto the wise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A scorner has no love for one who rebukes him; neither will he go to the wise [for counsel]. American Standard Version (1901) A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise. Common English Bible Mockers don’t like those who correct them. They won’t go to the wise. Catholic Public Domain Version He who corrupts himself does not love the one who afflicts him, nor will he step toward the wise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise. |
Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man here. We can ask the Lord through him. But I hate this man, because he never has a good message from the Lord about me. He always has bad messages for me. That man’s name is Micaiah. He is Imlah’s son.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Ahab, you should not say that!”
But evil people say to God,\par ‘Leave us alone!\par We don’t care what you want us to do!’\par
“You are foolish people. How long will you continue doing foolish things? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you continue to hate knowledge?
A wise son listens carefully when his father tells him what to do. But a proud person does not listen when people try to correct him.
People who make fun of God might look for wisdom, but they will never find it. \{People who believe God\} are truly wise. Knowledge comes easy to them.
If a person begins to live wrong, then he will be punished. And the person that hates to be corrected will be destroyed.
\{Prophets\} go to the public places\par and speak against \{the bad things\par that people are doing\}.\par And the people hate \{those prophets\}.\par \{The prophets\} teach good, simple truths.\par And the people hate those \{prophets\}.\par
The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me. Why? Because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.
The time will come when people will not listen to the true teaching. But people will find more and more teachers that please them. People will find teachers that say the things those people want to hear.