Verse 1

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 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.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 He that separateth himself seeketh [his own] desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
  • Ps 32:9 : 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, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
  • Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
  • Prov 2:10-11 : 10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.