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Chapter 12

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates reproof is stupid.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:1 Discipline in Proverbs is both doctrine and training. The path to wisdom includes obedience to teachers and parents, acceptance of the community’s traditions.

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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12 (A)Any who love knowledge want to be told when they are wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected.

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Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked

12 One who loves [a]discipline loves knowledge,
But one who hates rebuke is stupid.

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  1. Proverbs 12:1 Or instruction

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.(A)

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