Proverbs 12:1
New International Version
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

New Living Translation
To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

English Standard Version
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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

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

New King James Version
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid.

New American Standard Bible
One who loves discipline loves knowledge, But one who hates rebuke is stupid.

NASB 1995
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

NASB 1977
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Legacy Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is senseless.

Amplified Bible
Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.

Christian Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that loves discipline loves knowledge, and he that hates reproof is a fool.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.

Contemporary English Version
To accept correction is wise, to reject it is stupid.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.

English Revised Version
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever loves discipline loves to learn, but whoever hates correction is a dumb animal.

Good News Translation
Any who love knowledge want to be told when they are wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected.

International Standard Version
The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; But he that is brutish hateth reproof.

Literal Standard Version
Whoever is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, | And whoever is hating reproof [is] brutish.

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

New American Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.

NET Bible
The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.

New Heart English Bible
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever 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.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.

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Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. 2The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.…

Cross References
Psalm 50:17
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Proverbs 5:12
and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

Proverbs 12:2
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.


Treasury of Scripture

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.

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Proverbs 5:12,13
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; …

Proverbs 9:7,8
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot…

Psalm 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

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XII.

(1) Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge.--Rather, he that loveth knowledge loveth discipline, i.e., to put himself in the place of a learner; while "he that hateth reproof," who will not take advice, is "brutish," "nourishing a blind life within the brain," like the animals who are incapable of improvement.

Verse 1. - Instruction; correction, discpline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the knowledge of himself and of all moral obligations. Is brutish; is as insensible to higher aspirations, to regret for the past or hope of amendment, as a brute beast (comp. Proverbs 30:2). On this point St. Augustine is quoted: "Quicumque corripi non vis, ex eo sane corripiendus es quia corripi non vis. Non vis enim tua tibi vitia demonstrari; non vis ut feriantur, fiatque tibi utilis dolor, quo medicum quaeras; non vis tibi tu ipse ostendi, ut cum deformem te vides, reformaturum desideres, eique supplices ne in illa remaneas foeditate" ('De Corrept. et Grat.,' 5). Such conduct is unworthy of one who is possessed of an immortal soul and infinite capacity for progress and improvement.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whoever loves
אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

discipline
מ֭וּסָר‪‬ (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

loves
אֹ֣הֵֽב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

knowledge,
דָּ֑עַת (dā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

but he who hates
וְשֹׂנֵ֖א (wə·śō·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8130: To hate

correction
תוֹכַ֣חַת (ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8433: Chastisement, correction, refutation, proof

is stupid.
בָּֽעַר׃ (bā·‘ar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish


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