Matthew Henry · Verse 12
A scorner cannot bear to reflect seriously within his own heart.
Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
BSB
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
KJV
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
ASV
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
BBE
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
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