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Proverbs 15:12

Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

A scorner is one that not only makes a jest of God and religion, but bids defiance to the methods employed for his conviction and reformation, and, as an evidence of that, 1. He cannot endure the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

one that reproveth him Rather, to be reproved, R.V.