Proverbs 12:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is foolish.

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  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 MEM. Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 You, through Your commandments, have made me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles with all wisdom.
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.
  • Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, so shall I meditate on Your wondrous works.
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.
  • Prov 2:10-11 : 10 When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul; 11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    80%

    31The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 13:18
    79%

    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 10:17
    79%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 15:10
    78%

    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 5:12
    77%

    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

  • Prov 19:25
    76%

    25Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 9:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7He who reproves a scoffer gets to himself shame: and he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

    9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 1:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

    6To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Prov 17:10
    76%

    10A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 15:12
    75%

    12A scorner does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:

    12For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 1:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.

  • Prov 23:12
    74%

    12Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 14:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • Prov 13:24
    72%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 18:15
    72%

    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 21:11
    72%

    11When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

  • Prov 1:2
    71%

    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 1:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD;

    30They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke.

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 12:2
    71%

    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Prov 14:6
    71%

    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

  • Ps 92:6
    71%

    6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Ps 50:17
    71%

    17Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.

  • Prov 17:19
    70%

    19He who loves transgression loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Prov 10:8
    70%

    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Heb 12:6
    70%

    6For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."