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Proverbs 12:1
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Proverbs 12:1
1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
1¶ Whoso loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth reproofe, is brutish.
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Proverbs 12:1
Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
instruction
Teaching, correction, discipline, or precepts that impart wisdom and direct conduct.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Correction or rebuke for a fault; censure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Senseless, ignorant, or behaving like a beast.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
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Open the full verse study7He 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.
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Open the full verse study97O 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.
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Open the full verse study1THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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Open the full verse study12And 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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Open the full verse study17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
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Open the full verse study9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
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Open the full verse study6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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Open the full verse study10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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Open the full verse study10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
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Open the full verse study3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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Open the full verse study32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
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Open the full verse study27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
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