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Complete Jewish Bible
Proverbs 15:12
A scorner does not like being corrected; he won't go to the wise [for advice].
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Christian Standard Bible®
A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;he will not consult the wise.
A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;he will not consult the wise.
Hebrew Names Version
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
English Standard Version
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
New American Standard Bible
A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise.
New Century Version
Those who make fun of wisdom don't like to be corrected; they will not ask the wise for advice.
Those who make fun of wisdom don't like to be corrected; they will not ask the wise for advice.
Amplified Bible
A scoffer [unlike a wise man] resents one who rebukes him and tries to teach him; Nor will he go to the wise [for counsel and instruction].
A scoffer [unlike a wise man] resents one who rebukes him and tries to teach him; Nor will he go to the wise [for counsel and instruction].
World English Bible
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
Legacy Standard Bible
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,He will not go to the wise.
Berean Standard Bible
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
Contemporary English Version
Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.
Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.
Darby Translation
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
Easy-to-Read Version
Fools hate to be told they are wrong, so they refuse to ask wise people for advice.
Fools hate to be told they are wrong, so they refuse to ask wise people for advice.
George Lamsa Translation
An evil man does not love one who reproves him, neither will he walk with the wise.
An evil man does not love one who reproves him, neither will he walk with the wise.
Good News Translation
Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.
Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.
Lexham English Bible
A scoffer does not like his rebuke; to the wise he will not go.
A scoffer does not like his rebuke; to the wise he will not go.
Literal Translation
A scorner does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise.
A scorner does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A scornefull body loueth not one yt rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge ye wyse.
A scornefull body loueth not one yt rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge ye wyse.
American Standard Version
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
Bible in Basic English
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
King James Version (1611)
A scorner loueth not one that reproueth him: neither will he goe vnto the wise.
A scorner loueth not one that reproueth him: neither will he goe vnto the wise.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise.
An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise.
English Revised Version
A scorner loveth not to be reproved: he will not go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not to be reproved: he will not go unto the wise.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men.
A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men.
Update Bible Version
A scoffer does not love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
Webster's Bible Translation
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.
New English Translation
The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.
The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.
New King James Version
A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.
New Living Translation
Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
New Life Bible
A man who laughs at the truth has no love for the one who speaks strong words to him. He will not go to the wise.
A man who laughs at the truth has no love for the one who speaks strong words to him. He will not go to the wise.
New Revised Standard
Scoffers do not like to be rebuked; they will not go to the wise.
Scoffers do not like to be rebuked; they will not go to the wise.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A scoffer, loveth not, one who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.
A scoffer, loveth not, one who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
Revised Standard Version
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
Young's Literal Translation
A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
THE MESSAGE
Know-it-alls don't like being told what to do; they avoid the company of wise men and women.
Know-it-alls don't like being told what to do; they avoid the company of wise men and women.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise.
Contextual Overview
12 A scorner does not like being corrected; he won't go to the wise [for advice].
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
scorner: Proverbs 15:10, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8, Amos 5:10, John 3:18-21, John 7:7, 2 Timothy 4:3
neither: 2 Chronicles 18:7, Job 21:14
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:8 - but I hate him Proverbs 1:22 - the scorners Matthew 21:46 - they sought Luke 3:19 - General John 3:20 - every Ephesians 5:11 - but
Cross-References
Genesis 2:21
Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he took it with flesh.
Then God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the person; and while he was sleeping, he took one of his ribs and closed up the place from which he took it with flesh.
Genesis 15:3
You haven't given me a child," Avram continued, "so someone born in my house will be my heir."
You haven't given me a child," Avram continued, "so someone born in my house will be my heir."
Genesis 15:5
Then he brought him outside and said, "Look up at the sky, and count the stars — if you can count them! Your descendants will be that many!"
Then he brought him outside and said, "Look up at the sky, and count the stars — if you can count them! Your descendants will be that many!"
Genesis 15:8
He replied, " Adonai , God, how am I to know that I will possess it?"
He replied, " Adonai , God, how am I to know that I will possess it?"
Genesis 15:9
He answered him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove and a young pigeon."
He answered him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:13
Adonai said to Avram, "Know this for certain: your descendants will be foreigners in a land that is not theirs. They will be slaves and held in oppression there four hundred years.
Adonai said to Avram, "Know this for certain: your descendants will be foreigners in a land that is not theirs. They will be slaves and held in oppression there four hundred years.
Genesis 15:14
But I will also judge that nation, the one that makes them slaves. Afterwards, they will leave with many possessions.
But I will also judge that nation, the one that makes them slaves. Afterwards, they will leave with many possessions.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the water jug from Sha'ul's head and got away. Nobody saw or knew about it, and no one awoke, because they were all asleep — a deep sleep from Adonai had fallen over them.
So David took the spear and the water jug from Sha'ul's head and got away. Nobody saw or knew about it, and no one awoke, because they were all asleep — a deep sleep from Adonai had fallen over them.
Job 33:15
"In a dream, in a vision at night, when slumber falls upon people, as they sleep in their beds,
"In a dream, in a vision at night, when slumber falls upon people, as they sleep in their beds,
Acts 20:9
and there was a young fellow named Eutychus sitting on the window-sill. As Sha'ul's drash went on and on, Eutychus grew sleepier and sleepier; until finally he went sound asleep and fell from the third story to the ground. When they picked him up, he was dead.
and there was a young fellow named Eutychus sitting on the window-sill. As Sha'ul's drash went on and on, Eutychus grew sleepier and sleepier; until finally he went sound asleep and fell from the third story to the ground. When they picked him up, he was dead.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him,.... He that makes a jest of religion; scoffs at godliness and godly men; treats the Gospel and the ministers of it with contempt; makes a mock at good men, and all that is good; a pestilent fellow, as the Vulgate Latin version: such an one not only does not love, for more is intended than is expressed; but hates him that reproves him, and especially if publicly, Amos 5:10; he thinks ill of him; bears him a grudge, and abhors him; and speaks evil of him, and reproaches him; and does all he can to the injury of his person and name; hence the advice of the wise man, Proverbs 9:7. Some render it, he "loves not reproving himself", or "to reprove himself" b; he does not care to look into his own heart and ways, or to call himself to an account for what he does; nor to check himself in the pursuit of sin, nor argue with and reprove himself for it;
neither will he go unto the wise; to the private houses of wise and good men; nor to the house of wisdom, or place of public instruction, where wise dispensers of the word give good advice and counsel; scorners do not choose to go to either, lest they should be reproved for their evil ways, and be advised leave them; neither of which is agreeable to them; see John 3:20.
b הוכח לו "corripere", Gejerus.
