Verse 1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:97-99 : 97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made 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 ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
  • Prov 15:10 : 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Prov 18:1 : 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they 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 talk of 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 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
  • 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 mine ear to them that instructed me!
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.