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Proverbs 15:12
Proverbs 15:12 is verse 12 of Proverbs chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
World English Bible
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
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Proverbs 15:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
12 A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
13 A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
14 A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 15:10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
John 3:21But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
2 Chronicles 18:7The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.