Proverbs 12:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. ”

Proverbs 12:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to su...
Proverbs 12:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 12:21 ; Proverbs 12:28 ). Several dea...
Proverbs 12:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

instruction . discipline, or correction.
Proverbs 12:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Whoso loveth instruction - מוסר musar, discipline or correction, loves knowledge; for correction is the way to know...
Proverbs 12:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whoso loveth instruction— Or, according to others, correction, or reproof. It is well observed, that if a man cannot endure to be told of his faults, it is a shrewd sign that he is in the way t...
Proverbs 12:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Whoso loveth instruction (Hebrew, disciplinary instruction) loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is b...
Proverbs 12:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song of Solomon 8:9 ). In Damascus the bridal crown cons...
Proverbs 12:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XII. (1) Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge. — Rather, he that loveth knowledge loveth discipline, i.e., to put himself in the place of a learner; while “he that hateth reproof,” who wi...
Proverbs 12:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the L...
Proverbs 12:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to mi...
Proverbs 12:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. Is it not Christ here spoken o...
Proverbs 12:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whose loveth instruction loveth knowledge ,.... That loves the instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, Proverbs 4:13 ; the means of instruction, the Scriptures, which are profitable for instruction in ri...
Proverbs 12:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish. Ver. 1. Whoso loveth instruction, loveth knowledge. ] Here is showed, that adversity is the best university, sai...
Proverbs 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whose loveth instruction Admonition, or reproof, (as appears from the next clause,) which is a singular means of gaining true wisdom; loveth knowledge Shows that he is a true lover of it, because...
Proverbs 12:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. We are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the...
Proverbs 12:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 12 Instruction; admonition or reproof, as appears from the next clause, which is a singular means of getting true and sound knowledge. Loveth knowledge; showeth that he is a true...
Proverbs 12:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Comparison Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous, The Basis Of The Righteous Family, And The Destiny Of Each ( Proverbs 12:1-8 ). We have here another subsection in which the various attribu...
Proverbs 12:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:1 . Instruction , “discipline” or “disciplinary instruction.” Proverbs 12:2 . Obtaineth , literally “draws out.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:1 THE LOVE O...
Proverbs 12:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath a servant. There are various comments here. He th...
Proverbs 12:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. Worthless and attentive hearers Attention to the precepts and wise counsels of this book is urged by-- 1. Th...
Proverbs 12:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the...
Proverbs 12:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Whoso loveth instruction, including all moral training, loveth knowledge, for that is the fruit of such training; but he that hateth reproof is brutish, for in resenting correction a pers...
Proverbs 12:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 2:10 ; Isaiah 1:3 ; Proverbs 18:1 ; Proverbs 2:10 ; Proverbs 2:11 ; Proverbs 5:12 ; Proverbs 5:13 ; Proverbs 8:17 ; Proverbs 8:32 ; Proverbs 9:7 ; Proverbs 9:8 ; Psalms 11...

Proverbs 12:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 12:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 12:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 12:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 12:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 12:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 12:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 12:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 12:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 12:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge