Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 sonnes of men?
13A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the King of Israel sayd vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whome wee may aske counsell of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophesie good vnto me, but alway euil: it is Michaiah the sonne of Imla. Then Iehoshaphat said, Let not the King say so.
Proverbs 1:22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.
Proverbs 15:10Instruction is euill to him that forsaketh the way, and he that hateth correction, shall die.
John 3:18Hee that beleeueth in him, is not condemned: but hee that beleeueth not, is condemned already, because he hath not beleeued in the Name of that onely begotten Sonne of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers,
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 →