Proverbs 15:12 · KJV
“A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.”
— Proverbs 15:12
Hell and destruction {are} before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15 — Context
Correction {is} grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: {and} he that hateth reproof shall die. {Correction: or, Instruction}
11Hell and destruction {are} before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Cross References
Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
Proverbs 9:7-8
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked {man getteth} himself a blot.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 3:18-21
He 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.
Proverbs 15:10
Correction {is} grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: {and} he that hateth reproof shall die. {Correction: or, Instruction}
2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same {is} Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.