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Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves to learn; whoever hates to be corrected is stupid.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Knowledge;   Reproof;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Instruction;   Reproof;   The Topic Concordance - Hate;   Instruction;   Knowledge;   Reproof;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Discipline;   Poetry;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amaziah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Brutish;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
Hebrew Names Version
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.
King James Version
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
English Standard Version
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
New American Standard Bible
One who loves discipline loves knowledge, But one who hates rebuke is stupid.
New Century Version
Anyone who loves learning accepts correction, but a person who hates being corrected is stupid.
New English Translation
The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
Amplified Bible
Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.
World English Bible
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.
Legacy Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,But he who hates reproof is senseless.
Berean Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Contemporary English Version
To accept correction is wise, to reject it is stupid.
Complete Jewish Bible
He who loves knowledge loves discipline, but he who hates correction is a boor.
Darby Translation
Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
George Lamsa Translation
HE who loves discipline loves knowledge; but he who hates reproof is a fool.
Good News Translation
Any who love knowledge want to be told when they are wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected.
Lexham English Bible
He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke is stupid.
Literal Translation
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is like a brute animal.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so loueth wy?dome, wil be content to be refourmed: but he that hateth to be reproued, is a foole.
American Standard Version
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Bible in Basic English
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.
King James Version (1611)
Whoso loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth reproofe, is brutish.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.
English Revised Version
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs.
Update Bible Version
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge; But he that hates reproof is brutish.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever 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 Living Translation
To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.
New Life Bible
Whoever loves strong teaching loves much learning, but he who hates strong words is foolish.
New Revised Standard
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish.
Revised Standard Version
Whoever loves discipline 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.
THE MESSAGE
If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Contextual Overview

1 Whoever loves discipline loves to learn; whoever hates to be corrected is stupid.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

loveth: Proverbs 2:10, Proverbs 2:11, Proverbs 8:17, Proverbs 8:32, Proverbs 18:1, Psalms 119:27, Psalms 119:97-100, 2 Thessalonians 2:10

he that: Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 5:13, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8, Psalms 32:9, Psalms 92:6, Isaiah 1:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:16 - thus Leviticus 13:10 - quick raw flesh Nehemiah 8:13 - the second Psalms 49:10 - fool Psalms 50:17 - hatest Psalms 94:8 - brutish Proverbs 1:5 - wise Proverbs 1:23 - my reproof Proverbs 1:25 - would Proverbs 10:8 - wise Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 13:18 - Poverty Proverbs 15:10 - grievous

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you. I will use you to bless all the people on earth."
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
Genesis 12:10
During this time there was not enough food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live.
Genesis 12:11
Just before they arrived in Egypt, Abram told Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
Genesis 15:7
He said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you from Ur of Babylonia. I did this so that I could give you this land. You will own this land."
Nehemiah 9:7
You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram. You led him from Ur in Babylonia. You changed his name to Abraham.
Isaiah 41:9
You were in a faraway country, but I reached out to you. I called you from that faraway place. I said, ‘You are my servant.' I chose you, and I have not rejected you.
Isaiah 51:2
Abraham is your father, so look at him. Look at Sarah, who gave birth to you. Abraham was alone when I called him. Then I blessed him, and he began a great family with many descendants."
Ezekiel 33:24
"Son of man, there are Israelites who live in the ruined cities in Israel. They are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, and God gave him all this land. Now, we are many people, so surely this land belongs to us! It is our land!'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whose loveth instruction loveth knowledge,.... That loves the instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, Proverbs 4:13; the means of instruction, the Scriptures, which are profitable for instruction in righteousness, and are written for our learning; the Gospel, which instructs into the person, office, and grace of Christ; the ministers of the word, who are so many instructors in Christ; and even the rod of afflictions, by which men are taught their duty, and the will of God: and these are to be loved; and he that loves them clearly shows that he loves knowledge; since the means of instruction, making use of them, and getting instruction by them, are attended with labour, trouble, and difficulty; which a man would not choose, had he not a love unto and a desire after knowledge, and an increase of it; as the knowledge of God, of Christ, and of his truths. Aben Ezra inverts the words;

"he that loves knowledge loves instruction;''

but the sense is much the same;

but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish; or a "beast" k: as the man that is willing to be instructed, in order to gain knowledge, shows himself to be a wise and understanding man; so he that hates the reproof the word of God gives, or the ministers of it, or God by them, appears to be no better than a brute, than the horse or mule that want understanding: so the man of sin hates the Scriptures, the Gospel, and the ministers of it, and the reproofs and convictions they give of his idolatry, superstition, and will worship; nor does he care that his doctrines and practices should be brought to this test, or that the people should have knowledge of them; but keeps them from them, and sets up his own infallibility as the rule of judgment; and it is one character of his followers, that they "receive not the love of the truth", 2 Thessalonians 2:10; and both he and they are represented by a beast,

Revelation 13:1; and are more brutish than any man; see Proverbs 5:11.

k בער "instar bruti indocilis est", Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to submit to discipline and education. Compare Psalms 49:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XII

Of the benefit of instruction, and the cultivation of piety.

The virtuous woman. The different lot of the just and unjust.

The humane man. The industrious man. The fool and the wise man.

The uncharitable. The excellence of the righteous. The slothful

is in want. Righteousness leads to life, c.

NOTES ON CHAP. XII

Verse Proverbs 12:1. Whoso loveth instruction — מוסר musar, discipline or correction, loves knowledge for correction is the way to knowledge.

But he that hateth reproof is brutish. — בער baar, he is a bear; and expects no more benefit from correction than the ox does from the goad.


 
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