Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer loveth not one that correcteth him, 1 neither will he go unto chachamim. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
In Context
11Sheol and Avaddon are before Hashem, 1 how much more then the hearts of Bnei Adam? 1
13A lev same'ach maketh a cheerful countenance, 1 but by sorrow of the lev the ruach is broken. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat, There is yet ish echad (one man), by whom we may inquire of Hashem, but I hate him because he never prophesied for tov about me, but always ra'ah; the same is Mikhay'hu ben Yimlach. And Yehoshaphat said, HaMelech should not say that.
Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1
Proverbs 13:1A ben chacham heareth his musar av, 1 but a scoffer heareth not ge'arah (scolding, rebuke). 1
Proverbs 15:10Musar is grievous unto him that forsaketh the orach (way), 1 and he that hateth tokhakhat (reproof) shall die. 1
John 3:18The one of emunah who is mekabel Moshiach (accepting the person of the Bar Enosh, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) is not judged; but the one without emunah who is not mekabel Moshiach, already has been judged and given the psak din (verdict) of “condemned,” because he has no emunah in the Shem of the Ben Yachid of Hashem.
2 Timothy 4:3For there will be a time when sound charedi (orthodox) hora'ah they will not tolerate, but according to their ta'avot they will accumulate morim to tickle their 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 →