Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
Young's Literal Translation
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] before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
13A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:7And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Still — one man to seek Jehovah from him, and I — I have hated him, for he is not prophesying concerning me of good, but all his days of evil, he [is] Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, 'Let not the king say so.'
Proverbs 1:22'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 13:1A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.
Proverbs 15:10Chastisement [is] grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.
John 3:18he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
2 Timothy 4:3for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers — itching in the hearing,
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 →