Proverbs 12:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 מ(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your rules. 100 I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse. 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
  • Ps 119:27 : 27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”
  • Prov 2:10-11 : 10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. 11 Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,
  • Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! 13 For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    80%

    31The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

    32The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.

  • Prov 15:5
    79%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 13:18
    79%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 10:17
    79%

    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Prov 15:10
    78%

    10Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

  • Prov 5:12
    77%

    12And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

  • Prov 19:25
    76%

    25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 9:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

    8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

    9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

  • Prov 1:5-7
    3 verses
    76%

    5(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

    6To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

    7Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

  • Prov 17:10
    76%

    10A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.

  • Prov 15:12
    75%

    12The scorner will not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

  • Prov 13:1
    75%

    1A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

    12For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 1:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?

    23You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would 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%

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.

    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Prov 13:24
    72%

    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

  • Prov 15:14
    72%

    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 18:15
    72%

    15The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 21:11
    72%

    11When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

  • Prov 1:2
    71%

    2To learn wisdom and moral instruction, to discern wise counsel.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 1:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,

    30they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

  • Prov 12:23
    71%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Prov 12:2
    71%

    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Prov 13:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 14:6
    71%

    6The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.

  • Ps 92:6
    71%

    6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Ps 50:17
    71%

    17For you hate instruction and reject my words.

  • Prov 17:19
    70%

    19The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

  • Prov 12:15
    70%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Prov 8:10
    70%

    10Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

  • Prov 10:8
    70%

    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

  • Heb 12:6
    70%

    6“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”