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Proverbs 15:12
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
Proverbs 15:12 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 15:12 in other translations
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
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In context
9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.
10 There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.
11 Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!
12 The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
13 A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
15 All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
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