Proverbs 15:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ אֶל־חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א יֵלֵֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Amos 5:10They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
- Job 21:14Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- Prov 9:7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
- Prov 9:8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- John 3:18He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- John 3:21But he that doth truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest: because they are done in God.
- 2 Chr 18:7And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man, of whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate him, for he never prophesieth good to me, but always evil: and it is Micheas the son of Jemla. And Josaphat said: Speak not thus, O king.
- 2 Tim 4:3For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears: