Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
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Cross references
- Amos 5:10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
- Job 21:14 They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
- Proverbs 9:7–8 One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.