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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
: but he that hateth
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
reproof
towkechah (Hebrew #8433)
from 3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV usage: argument, X chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, X be (often) reproved.
Pronounce: to-kay-khaw'
Origin: and towkachath {to-kakh'-ath}
is brutish
ba`ar (Hebrew #1198)
properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid
KJV usage: brutish (person), foolish.
Pronounce: bah'-ar
Origin: from 1197
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 2:10‑11• 10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart{HR}And knowledge be pleasant unto thy soul,
 11Discretion shall watch over thee,{HR}Understanding shall keep thee:— (Prov. 2:10‑11)
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Prov. 8:17,32• 17I love those that love me;{HR}And they that seek me early shall find me.
 32And now, sons, hearken to me;{HR}And blessed are [those that] keep my ways: (Prov. 8:17,32)
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Prov. 18:1• 1He that separateth himself seeketh pleasure,{HR}He rageth against all wisdom. (Prov. 18:1)
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Psa. 119:27,97‑100• 27The way of thy precepts make me understand,{HR}And I will meditate on thy wonders.
 97How I love thy law!{HR}All the day it is my meditation.
 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies,{HR}For they [are] ever mine.
 99More than all my teachers I have understanding:{HR}For thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
 100More than aged [men] I understand,{HR}For thy precepts I have observed. (Psa. 119:27,97‑100)
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2 Thess. 2:10• 10and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. (2 Thess. 2:10)
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Prov. 5:12‑13• 12And thou say, How have I hated instruction,{HR}And my heart despised reproof;
 13And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,{HR}Nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me! (Prov. 5:12‑13)
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Prov. 9:7‑8• 7He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame;{HR}And he that reproveth a wicked [man], a blot to himself.
 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee;{HR}Reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee. (Prov. 9:7‑8)
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Psa. 32:9• 9Be ye not as a horse [or] as a mule, without understanding:{HR}With a bit and bridle his mouth is to be curbed lest he come near unto thee. (Psa. 32:9)
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Psa. 92:6• 6A brutish man knoweth not,{HR}And a fool doth not understand this. (Psa. 92:6)
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Isa. 1:3• 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. (Isa. 1:3)
• The man who loves instruction for its own sake values true knowledge, let it come through what channel it may. What he desires is the truth, not the ability to display his acquirements. (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge,{HR}But he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.