Bible verse

Proverbs 12:1

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

Proverbs 12:1 · BSB

Proverbs 12:1 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 12.

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

2 The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

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Proverbs 12:1 in other translations

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.

ERV

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

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