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King James Version
Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
A scorner does not like being corrected; he won't go to the wise [for advice].
A scorner does not like being corrected; he won't go to the wise [for advice].
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 loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 15:8
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis 15:9
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Acts 20:9
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up 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 ×××× ×× "corripere", Gejerus.
