Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
In Context
13A merry 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 unto Jehoshaphat: 'There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil; the same is Micaiah the son of Imla.' And Jehoshaphat said: 'Let not the king say so.'
Proverbs 1:22'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son is instructed of his father; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 15:10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; and he that hateth reproof shall die.
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 →