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 brutish - (Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:6.) The believer 'loveth disciplinary chastening,' not for its own sake, but for the sake of that which is its effect-namely, our being made partaken of God's holiness: just as we love the physician who lances a festering sore, or the bitter medicine which heals us (Hebrews 12:10-11). To hate "reproof," which is designed for our good (Psalms 141:5), is to be like the "brute," which looks not beyond the pain or the pleasure of the present moment, and which kicks or bites the person who offers healing though unpalatable drugs.