Proverbs 15:12

"A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise."

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2 Chronicles 18:7

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Job 21:14

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Proverbs 9:7

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 15:10

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

John 3:18

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

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They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

All Translations

BBE BBE

The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

DBY DBY

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.

KJV King James Version

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

WBT WBT

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.

WEB WEB

A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.

YLT YLT

A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.