Proverbs 15:12
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
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Cross references
- Amos 5:10 There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Job 21:14 Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Proverbs 9:7–8 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.