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

Bible Comments

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 knowledge.

But he that hateth reproof is brutish - בער baar, he is a bear; and expects no more benefit from correction than the ox does from the goad.

Proverbs 12:1

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