Bible Strands
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A wisdom saying with no named speaker or audience; it stands as a general principle within the Proverbs collection.
The words — מוּסָר (musar) carries the sense of training or formative discipline, a recurring Proverbs term for the process of instruction. בָּעַר (ba'ar) is harsher than "foolish"—it conveys contemptibility, a person who is despised or worthless.
The thread — Proverbs 15:10 pairs the same hatred of correction with death, escalating the stakes. Psalms 119:97 mirrors the positive pole: love for God's law as a daily practice.
Why it lands — The verse makes correction the gateway to knowledge, not its opposite; to reject it is to cut yourself off from learning, and the text calls that state stupid.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 15:10 Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
- Proverbs 9:7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- Psalms 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Proverbs 5:12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- Proverbs 18:1 He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
- Psalms 32:9 Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
- Psalms 92:6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Proverbs 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.