Proverbs 15:12

Modern

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Traditional

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

Literal

One mocking does not love one who rebukes to him; he will not go to the wise ones.

Latin

Non amat pestilens eum qui se corripit, nec ad sapientes graditur.

Hebrew

English

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Mockers cannot become wise because they avoid criticism (compare Proverbs 10:17; 13:1, 10).

Amos 5:10
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Job 21:14
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
Proverbs 9:7–8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Proverbs 15:10
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
2 Chronicles 18:7
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
John 3:18–21
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.