Proverbs 15:12
The mocker resents correction; 1 he will not go to the wise. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 destruction are open before Yahweh; 1 how much more the hearts of the sons of mankind? 1
13A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, 1 but heartache crushes the spirit. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may seek the advice of Yahweh, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil.” But Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say that.”
Proverbs 1:22“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? 1 How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, 1 and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge? 1
Proverbs 13:1A wise son hears his father's instruction, 1 but a mocker will not listen to rebuke. 1
Proverbs 15:10Harsh discipline awaits anyone who forsakes the way 1 and he who hates correction will die. 1
John 3:18He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is already condemned because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when people will not endure sound teaching. Instead, they will heap up for themselves teachers according to their own desires, who say what their itching ears 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 →