Proverbs 15:12 Parallel Translations
NASB: A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: A mocker does not appreciate a warning. He will not go to wise people.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
ASV: A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
BBE: The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
DBY: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
ERV: A scorner loveth not to be reproved: he will not go unto the wise.
JPS: A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
WBS: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.
WEB: A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
YLT: A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
Proverbs 15:12 Cross References
XREF:Proverbs 13:1 A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Amos 5:10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
MHC: 15:11. There is nothing that can be hid from the eyes of God, not even man's thoughts. 12. A scorner cannot bear to reflect seriously within his own heart. 13. A gloomy, impatient, unthankful spirit, springing from pride and undue attachment to worldly objects, renders a man uneasy to himself and others.
CONC:Authority Consult Correction Doesn't Hater Love Loveth Reproved Reprover Reproves Reproveth Resents Scoffer Scorner Teaching Wise
PREV:Authority Consult Correction Hater Love Mocker Reproved Reprover Reproves Reproveth Scoffer Scorner Teaching Wise
NEXT:Authority Consult Correction Hater Love Mocker Reproved Reprover Reproves Reproveth Scoffer Scorner Teaching Wise
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