Verse 1

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:97-99 : 97 `Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation. 98 Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age. 99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation. 100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
• Prov 15:10 : 10 Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.
• 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,
• Prov 9:7-8 : 7 The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
• Prov 18:1 : 1 For `an object of' desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
• Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
• Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
• Ps 119:27 : 27 The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
• Isa 1:3 : 3 An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
• Prov 2:10-11 : 10 For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant, 11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
• Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised, 13 And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
• Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
• Prov 8:32 : 32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.