Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
In context
1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. 3 No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 12:1 in the KJV
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 12:1 in the ESV
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.