Proverbs 12:1 “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction…”

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

World English Bible

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

American Standard Version

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.

Darby Translation

Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Young's Literal Translation

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.

Bible in Basic English

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

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Cross references

“loveth”

Psalm 119:97–100 Proverbs 18:1 Proverbs 8:17 2 Thessalonians 2:10 Proverbs 8:32 Psalm 119:27

Psalm 119:97–100 · BSB

Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

Proverbs 18:1 · BSB

He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 8:17 · BSB

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

2 Thessalonians 2:10 · BSB

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Proverbs 8:32 · BSB

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

Psalm 119:27 · BSB

Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

“he that”

Psalm 32:9 Psalm 92:6 Isaiah 1:3 Proverbs 5:12 Proverbs 5:13 Proverbs 9:7

Psalm 32:9 · BSB

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

Psalm 92:6 · BSB

A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

Isaiah 1:3 · BSB

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

Proverbs 5:12 · BSB

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:13 · BSB

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Proverbs 9:7 · BSB

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Also

Proverbs 15:10

Proverbs 15:10 · BSB

Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

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