Proverbs 12:1
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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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.
- 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.
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- Prov 15:31-322 verses80%
31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
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25Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
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7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
- Prov 1:5-73 verses76%
5That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
- Prov 3:11-122 verses74%
11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.
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12Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.
- Prov 14:17-182 verses73%
- Prov 10:13-142 verses72%
13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
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14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
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15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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11When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
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2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
- Prov 1:29-302 verses71%
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23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
- Prov 13:15-162 verses71%
15Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.
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27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
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19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
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