Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
KJV
Non amat pestilens eum qui se corripit, nec ad sapientes graditur.
Vulgate
οὐκ ἀγαπήσει ἀπαίδευτος τοὺς ἐλέγχοντας αὐτόν, μετὰ δὲ σοφῶν οὐχ ὁμιλήσει.
LXX
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
ASV
לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑/וֹ אֶל חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א יֵלֵֽךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
- 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
- Amos 5:10 — They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- Job 21:14 — Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- John 3:20 — For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Prov 9:7 — He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Prov 9:7 — He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- Prov 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.