Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.
Webster Bible
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 then the hearts of the children of men?
13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good to me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 15:10Correction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
John 3:18He that believeth on him, is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts will they multiply to themselves teachers, having itching 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 →