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Proverbs 12:1

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WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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  1. Proverbs 15:10Rank 1 from verse 1
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    10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

  2. Proverbs 9:7–8Rank 2 from verse 1
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    7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  3. Psalms 119:97–100Rank 3 from verse 1
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    97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

    98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

  4. Proverbs 18:1Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

  5. Proverbs 5:12–13Rank 5 from verse 1
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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

    13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

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Proverbs 12:1

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instruction

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Teaching or information that directs understanding and conduct; correction, discipline, or an instructive warning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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