Proverbs 12:1
What does Proverbs 12:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 12:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah; But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 18:1
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
- Psalms 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.
- Psalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
- Psalms 119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
- Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
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