Proverbs 15:12
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
In Context
11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?
13A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man, of whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate him, for he never prophesieth good to me, but always evil: and it is Micheas the son of Jemla. And Josaphat said: Speak not thus, O king.
Proverbs 1:22O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son heareth the doctrine of his father: but he that is a scorner, beareth not when he is reproved.
Proverbs 15:10Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die.
John 3:18He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For there shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears:
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 →