Proverbs 15:12
Scoffers don't like to be corrected, so they don't go to the wise for advice.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
In Context
11Those already dead have no secrets from the Lord—how much more does he know our thoughts!
13If you're happy inside, you'll have a cheerful face, but if you're sad, you look crushed.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7“Yes, there's another man who could consult the Lord,” the king of Israel replied, “but I don't like him because he never prophesies anything good for me—it's always bad! His name is Micaiah, son of Imlah.” “You shouldn't talk like that,” said Jehoshaphat.
Proverbs 1:22“How long will you stupid people love stupidity? How long will scornful people enjoy their mocking? How long will fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a mocker doesn't listen to correction.
Proverbs 15:10If you leave the right path you will be severely disciplined; anyone who hates correction will die.
John 3:18Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already because they didn't trust in the one and only Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time is coming when people won't bother to listen to true teaching. Instead they will be curious to listen to something different, and will surround themselves with teachers who'll tell them what they want to hear.
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 →