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Friday, July 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Proverbs 15:12
A man who laughs at the truth has no love for the one who speaks strong words to him. He will not go to the wise.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;he will not consult the wise.
A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;he will not consult the wise.
Hebrew Names Version
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
English Standard Version
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
New American Standard Bible
A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise.
New Century Version
Those who make fun of wisdom don't like to be corrected; they will not ask the wise for advice.
Those who make fun of wisdom don't like to be corrected; they will not ask the wise for advice.
Amplified Bible
A scoffer [unlike a wise man] resents one who rebukes him and tries to teach him; Nor will he go to the wise [for counsel and instruction].
A scoffer [unlike a wise man] resents one who rebukes him and tries to teach him; Nor will he go to the wise [for counsel and instruction].
World English Bible
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.
Legacy Standard Bible
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him,He will not go to the wise.
Berean Standard Bible
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
Contemporary English Version
Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.
Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.
Complete Jewish Bible
A scorner does not like being corrected; he won't go to the wise [for advice].
A scorner does not like being corrected; he won't go to the wise [for advice].
Darby Translation
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
Easy-to-Read Version
Fools hate to be told they are wrong, so they refuse to ask wise people for advice.
Fools hate to be told they are wrong, so they refuse to ask wise people for advice.
George Lamsa Translation
An evil man does not love one who reproves him, neither will he walk with the wise.
An evil man does not love one who reproves him, neither will he walk with the wise.
Good News Translation
Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.
Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.
Lexham English Bible
A scoffer does not like his rebuke; to the wise he will not go.
A scoffer does not like his rebuke; to the wise he will not go.
Literal Translation
A scorner does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise.
A scorner does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A scornefull body loueth not one yt rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge ye wyse.
A scornefull body loueth not one yt rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge ye wyse.
American Standard Version
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
Bible in Basic English
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not to be reproved; he will not go unto the wise.
King James Version (1611)
A scorner loueth not one that reproueth him: neither will he goe vnto the wise.
A scorner loueth not one that reproueth him: neither will he goe vnto the wise.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise.
An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise.
English Revised Version
A scorner loveth not to be reproved: he will not go unto the wise.
A scorner loveth not to be reproved: he will not go unto the wise.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men.
A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men.
Update Bible Version
A scoffer does not love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.
Webster's Bible Translation
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.
New English Translation
The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.
The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.
New King James Version
A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who corrects him, Nor will he go to the wise.
New Living Translation
Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
Mockers hate to be corrected, so they stay away from the wise.
New Revised Standard
Scoffers do not like to be rebuked; they will not go to the wise.
Scoffers do not like to be rebuked; they will not go to the wise.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A scoffer, loveth not, one who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.
A scoffer, loveth not, one who reproveth him, unto the wise, doth he not go.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.
Revised Standard Version
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
Young's Literal Translation
A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.
THE MESSAGE
Know-it-alls don't like being told what to do; they avoid the company of wise men and women.
Know-it-alls don't like being told what to do; they avoid the company of wise men and women.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise.
A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise.
Contextual Overview
12 A man who laughs at the truth has no love for the one who speaks strong words to him. He will not go to the wise.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
scorner: Proverbs 15:10, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8, Amos 5:10, John 3:18-21, John 7:7, 2 Timothy 4:3
neither: 2 Chronicles 18:7, Job 21:14
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:8 - but I hate him Proverbs 1:22 - the scorners Matthew 21:46 - they sought Luke 3:19 - General John 3:20 - every Ephesians 5:11 - but
Cross-References
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh.
So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh.
Genesis 15:3
Abram said, "Because You have not given me a child, one born in my house will be given all I have."
Abram said, "Because You have not given me a child, one born in my house will be given all I have."
Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, "Now look up into the heavens and add up the stars, if you are able to number them." Then He said to him, "Your children and your children's children will be as many as the stars."
He took him outside and said, "Now look up into the heavens and add up the stars, if you are able to number them." Then He said to him, "Your children and your children's children will be as many as the stars."
Genesis 15:8
And Abram said, "O Lord God, how may I know that it will be mine?"
And Abram said, "O Lord God, how may I know that it will be mine?"
Genesis 15:9
So the Lord said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon."
So the Lord said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:13
God said to Abram, "Know for sure that your children and those born after them will be strangers in a land that is not theirs. There they will be servants and suffer for 400 years.
God said to Abram, "Know for sure that your children and those born after them will be strangers in a land that is not theirs. There they will be servants and suffer for 400 years.
Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation they will serve. And later they will come out with many riches.
But I will punish the nation they will serve. And later they will come out with many riches.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the bottle of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away. But no one saw it, or knew it, and no one woke, for they were all sleeping. A deep sleep from the Lord had come upon them.
So David took the spear and the bottle of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away. But no one saw it, or knew it, and no one woke, for they were all sleeping. A deep sleep from the Lord had come upon them.
Job 33:15
In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,
In a dream, a special dream of the night, when deep sleep comes upon men, while they sleep in their beds,
Acts 20:9
A young man named Eutychus sat in the window. As Paul kept on preaching, this man started to go to sleep. At last he went to sleep. He fell from the third floor to the ground and was picked up dead.
A young man named Eutychus sat in the window. As Paul kept on preaching, this man started to go to sleep. At last he went to sleep. He fell from the third floor to the ground and was picked up dead.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him,.... He that makes a jest of religion; scoffs at godliness and godly men; treats the Gospel and the ministers of it with contempt; makes a mock at good men, and all that is good; a pestilent fellow, as the Vulgate Latin version: such an one not only does not love, for more is intended than is expressed; but hates him that reproves him, and especially if publicly, Amos 5:10; he thinks ill of him; bears him a grudge, and abhors him; and speaks evil of him, and reproaches him; and does all he can to the injury of his person and name; hence the advice of the wise man, Proverbs 9:7. Some render it, he "loves not reproving himself", or "to reprove himself" b; he does not care to look into his own heart and ways, or to call himself to an account for what he does; nor to check himself in the pursuit of sin, nor argue with and reprove himself for it;
neither will he go unto the wise; to the private houses of wise and good men; nor to the house of wisdom, or place of public instruction, where wise dispensers of the word give good advice and counsel; scorners do not choose to go to either, lest they should be reproved for their evil ways, and be advised leave them; neither of which is agreeable to them; see John 3:20.
b ×××× ×× "corripere", Gejerus.
