Proverbs 15:12

A scorner. — See above on Proverbs 1:22.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

loveth not, &c. Illustrations: Ahab ( 2 Chronicles 18:7 ; 2 Chronicles 17:4 ); the Jews ( Amos 5:10 ); Pharisees ( Luke 7:30 ); compare Matth...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him neither will he go...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kind Words and Glad Hearts Proverbs 15:1-17 A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him ,.... He that makes a jest of religion; scoffs at godliness and godly men; treats the Gospel and the min...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. Ver. 12. A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him. ] Nay, he "...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way God's way, emphatically called the way here, as also Psalms 119:1 , and elsewhere. He abh...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. A scorner is one that not only makes a jest of God...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Loveth not, i.e. hateth and avoideth it; for more is here understood than is expressed, as it is Proverbs 11:21 , Proverbs 12:3 , and elsewhere...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Wise Words, Reproof And Firm Discipline Uphold The Righteous, Giving Them Suitable Reward, Whilst The Unrighteous Reject Reproof, And Suffer The Con...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:12 SELF-DESTROYED I. That a scorner is in hopeless ignorance . “Neither will he go unto the wise.” If a thirsty...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to miscon...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured pers...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 12. A scorner, one who makes it a point to mock at everything that is holy, loveth not one that reproveth him, for his foolish pride resents c...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 18:7 ; 2 Timothy 4:3 ; Amos 5:10 ; Job 21:14 ; John 3:18-21 ; John 7:7 ; Proverbs 15:10 ; Proverbs 9:7 ; Proverbs 9:8

¹² A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 15:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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