Proverbs 12:1
in Proverbs 12Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
KJV
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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This verse in Proverbs 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to submit to discipline and education. Compare Psa 49:12.
This site's exposition
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge
on Proverbs 12:1-3
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge opens the chapter's discipline cluster, and the bench notes the reversal built into the second half: to hate reproof is not merely foolish but brutish, the word picturing a man reduced below his own humanity. A good man obtains favour of the Lord while a man of wicked devices is condemned by him, and the same contrast is restated in foundations: wickedness cannot establish a man, but the root of the righteous is not moved, however hard the wind blows against it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Whose loveth instruction loveth knowledge,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Whoso loveth instruction - מוסר musar, discipline or correction, loves knowledge; for correction is the way to knowledge. But he that hateth reproof is brutish - בער baar, he is a bear; and expects no more benefit from correction than the ox does from the goad.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֹהֵ֣ב | ʾohev | [one who] loves | H157 → | 211 times |
| מ֭וּסָר | musor | discipline | H4148 → | 50 times |
| אֹ֣הֵֽב | ʾohev | [is] loving | H157 → | 211 times |
| דָּ֑עַת | daat | knowledge | H1847 → | 92 times |
| וְשֹׂנֵ֖א | vesone' | and [one who] hates | H8130 → | 146 times |
| תוֹכַ֣חַת | tokhachat | rebuke | H8433 → | 28 times |
| בָּֽעַר׃ | baar | [is] stupid | H1198 → |
אֹהֵ֣ב[one who] loves
ʾohevH157 →211 times
מ֭וּסָרdiscipline
musorH4148 →50 times
אֹ֣הֵֽב[is] loving
ʾohevH157 →211 times
דָּ֑עַתknowledge
daatH1847 →92 times
וְשֹׂנֵ֖אand [one who] hates
vesone'H8130 →146 times
תוֹכַ֣חַתrebuke
tokhachatH8433 →28 times
בָּֽעַר׃[is] stupid
baarH1198 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 18:1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:15–17
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- Proverbs 2:1–6
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- Jeremiah 15:17
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- Ephesians 5:15–17
Through
Proverbs 15:10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
it leads to
- John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
- Proverbs 10:17
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
- John 3:20
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.