Proverbs 12:1

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

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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.
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.
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.
Proverbs 18:1Rank 4 from verse 1
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¹THROUGH desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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!
Proverbs 8:17Rank 6 from verse 1
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¹⁷I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Psalms 32:9Rank 7 from verse 1
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⁹Be 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.
Psalms 92:6Rank 8 from verse 1
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⁶A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
2 Thessalonians 2:10Rank 9 from verse 1
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¹⁰And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Proverbs 2:10–11Rank 10 from verse 1
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¹⁰¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
¹¹Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Isaiah 1:3Rank 11 from verse 1
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³The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Proverbs 8:32Rank 12 from verse 1
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³²Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Psalms 119:27Rank 13 from verse 1
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²⁷Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

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Proverbs 12:1

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loveth

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Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.

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instruction

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

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knowledge

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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.

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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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