Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
In Context
11Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
13A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but always evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Proverbs 1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 15:10Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.
John 3:18He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;
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 →