Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid.

New American Standard Bible

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof is stupid.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

A Conservative Version

He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Whoever loves instruction and discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof and correction is stupid.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Julia Smith Translation

He loving instruction loved knowledge: and he hating reproof, is stupid.

King James 2000

Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke [is] stupid.

Modern King James verseion

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge; but he who hates correction is like a brute animal.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso loveth wisdom, will be content to be reformed; but he that hateth to be reproved, is a fool.

NET Bible

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

but he that hateth
שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

תּוכחת תּוכחה 
Towkechah 
Usage: 28

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

1 The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid. 2 The good person will gain favor from the LORD, but the man who plots evil will be condemned by him.



Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Don't be like a horse or mule, without understanding. They are held in check by a bit and bridle in their mouths; otherwise they will not remain near you.

Psalm 92:6

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this:

Psalm 119:27

Help me understand how your precepts function, and I will meditate on your wondrous acts.

Psalm 119:97-100

How I love your instruction! Every day it is my meditation.

Proverbs 2:10-11

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Proverbs 5:12-13

and you will say, "How I hated instruction, and my heart rejected correction!

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.

Proverbs 8:32

"So listen to me, children! Blessed are those who obey me.

Proverbs 9:7-8

Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.

Proverbs 15:10

Severe punishment awaits anyone who wanders off the path anyone who despises reproof will die.

Proverbs 18:1

Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding trough, but Israel doesn't know, and my people don't understand.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

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