Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.
New American Standard Bible
But he who hates reproof is stupid.
King James Version
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Holman Bible
but one who hates correction is stupid.
International Standard Version
The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid.
American Standard Version
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Amplified
But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.
Bible in Basic English
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
Darby Translation
Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Julia Smith Translation
He loving instruction loved knowledge: and he hating reproof, is stupid.
King James 2000
Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke [is] stupid.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge; but he who hates correction is like a brute animal.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso loveth wisdom, will be content to be reformed; but he that hateth to be reproved, is a fool.
NET Bible
The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
The Emphasized Bible
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.
Webster
Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
World English Bible
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
Themes
Hate » Those that hate reproof
Instruction » Those that love instruction
Knowledge » Who loves knowledge
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
1 He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish. 2 A good man shall obtain favor of LORD, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
Cross References
Psalm 32:9
Become ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding, whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [else] they will not come near to thee.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Psalm 119:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, so I shall meditate on thy wondrous works.
Psalm 119:97-100
O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Proverbs 2:10-11
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,
Proverbs 5:12-13
and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 9:7-8
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise.
Proverbs 15:10
There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.
Proverbs 18:1
He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.
2 Thessalonians 2:10
and in all deception of unrighteousness in those who are perishing, in return for which, they did not accept the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.