Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- KJV
- Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- WEB
- Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
- ASV
- Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- DARBY
- Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- BLB
- The one loving discipline is loving knowledge, and the one hating correction [is] stupid.
- ÅB
- Den som elsker tukt, elsker kunnskap; men den som hater refselse, er dum.
- OTB
- Den som elsker tukt, elsker kunnskap, men den som forakter tilrettevisning, er dum.
- B1930
- Den som elsker tukt, elsker kunnskap; men den som hater refselse, er dum.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 15:10
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Read in contextProverbs 9:7–8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Read in contextPsalms 119:97–100
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Read in contextProverbs 5:12–13
and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
Read in contextProverbs 18:1
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
Read in contextPsalms 32:9
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.
Read in contextProverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
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