Proverbs 15:12

In 11 translations

BSB

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

KJV

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

WEB

A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

ASV

A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

LSV

A scorner does not love his reprover, || He does not go to the wise.

YLT

A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.

DBY

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.

DRC

A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.

GNV

A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.

JPS

A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.

LXXE

An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ אֶל־חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א יֵלֵֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐκ ἀγαπήσει ἀπαίδευτος τοὺς ἐλέγχοντας αὐτόν, μετὰ δὲ σοφῶν οὐχ ὁμιλήσει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
• Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
• Proverbs 9:7–8He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
• 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.
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
• 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!”…
• Proverbs 15:10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
• John 3:18–21Whoever 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. And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the…

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