Proverbs 12:1

“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth reproofe, is brutish.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Proverbs chapter 12

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- American Standard Version (1901)

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
- Basic English Bible

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

He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.
- Douay Rheims Bible

Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Webster's Bible

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
- World English Bible

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

EMMANUEL KORGBOU's comment on 2015-09-10 12:57:24:

One learns by mistake and improves by yielding to corrections.

gma's comment on 2014-12-03 13:28:26:

I feel that this is saying that those who will take instruction and critism will grow and prosper from the knowledge, but a person that cannot take critism or instruction and learn from it will never learn from anything

Mahdere Zeray's comment on 2014-01-27 22:24:22:

This is the basic knowledge to update your knowledge and growth up

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