Proverbs 12:1
Strong's Lexicon
Whoever loves
אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like

discipline
מ֭וּסָר‪‬ (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4148: 1) discipline, chastening, correction 1a) discipline, correction 1b) chastening

loves
אֹ֣הֵֽב (’ō·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like

knowledge,
דָּ֑עַת (dā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: 1) knowledge 1a) knowledge, perception, skill 1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom

but he who hates
וְשֹׂנֵ֖א (wə·śō·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8130: 1) to hate, be hateful 1a) (Qal) to hate 1a1) of man 1a2) of God 1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be hated 1c) (Piel) hater (participle) 1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom

correction
תוֹכַ֣חַת (ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8433: 1) rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement 2) argument, reproof 2a) argument, impeachment 2b) reproof, chiding 2c) correction, rebuke

is stupid.
בָּֽעַר׃ (bā·‘ar)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1197: 1) to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to begin to burn, be kindled, start burning 1a2) to burn, be burning 1a3) to burn, consume 1a4) Jehovah's wrath, human wrath (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to kindle, burn 1b2) to consume, remove (of guilt) (fig.) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to kindle 1c2) to burn up 1c3) to consume (destroy) 1d) (Pual) to burn v denom 2) to be stupid, brutish, barbarous 2a) (Qal) to be stupid, dull-hearted, unreceptive 2b) (Niphal) to be stupid, dull-hearted 2c) (Piel) to feed, graze 2d) (Hiphil) to cause to be grazed over

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.

New American Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

King James Bible
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

New Living Translation
To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

English Standard Version
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

New American Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

King James Bible
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.

International Standard Version
The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid.

NET Bible
The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

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

English Revised Version
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.
















Cross References
Psalm 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 11:31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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