Proverbs 15:12
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
In Context
13A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, but I have no love for him, because he has never been a prophet of good to me, but only of evil: he is Micaiah, the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Proverbs 1:22How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.
Proverbs 15:10There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
John 3:18The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:12
11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord : how much more then the hearts of the children of men? This confirms what was said ( v. 3 ) concerning God's omnipresence, in order to his judging of evil and good. 1. God knows all things, even those things that are hidden from the eyes of all living: Hell and destruction are before the Lord, not only the centre of the earth, and its subterraneous caverns, but the grave, and all the dead bodies which are there buried out of our sight; they are all before the Lord, all… Read the whole commentary →