Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;
he will not consult the wise.

New American Standard Bible

A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,
He will not go to the wise.

King James Version

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

International Standard Version

The arrogant mocker never loves the one who corrects him; he will not inquire of the wise.

A Conservative Version

A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise.

American Standard Version

A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

Amplified


A scoffer [unlike a wise man] resents one who rebukes him and tries to teach him;
Nor will he go to the wise [for counsel and instruction].

Bible in Basic English

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

Darby Translation

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.

Julia Smith Translation

He mocking will not love him reproving him: to the wise he will not go.

King James 2000

A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A scoffer does not like {his rebuke}; to the wise he will not go.

Modern King James verseion

A scorner does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A scornful body loveth not one that rebuketh him; neither will he come among the wise.

NET Bible

The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

New Heart English Bible

A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

The Emphasized Bible

A scoffer, loveth not, one who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.

Webster

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.

World English Bible

A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Youngs Literal Translation

A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

him neither will he go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

Verse Info

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord
how much more, human hearts.
12 A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;
he will not consult the wise.
13 A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.



Cross References

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who convicts the guilty
at the city gate
and despise the one who speaks with integrity.

2 Chronicles 18:7

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can ask Yahweh, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king shouldn’t say that,” Jehoshaphat replied.

Job 21:14

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

Proverbs 9:7-8

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.

Proverbs 15:10

Discipline is harsh for the one who leaves the path;
the one who hates correction will die.

John 3:18-21

Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

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