Proverbs 15:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.”
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“A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 15:12 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
- Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- Proverbs 15:10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
- Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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