Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

BSB

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

KJV

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

ASV

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

BBE

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 1

Those who have grace, will delight in the instructions given them. Those that stifle their convictions, are like brutes.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.