Focused Passage

Proverbs 12:1

Discipline, Truthful Speech, Diligence, and the Stable Root of the Righteous

The chapter moves through moral contrasts around discipline, stability, household life, prudence, work, speech, counsel, truth, peace, diligence, anxiety, friendship, and the life-giving path of righteousness.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

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Verse 1

Cross-references

Proverbs 1:5 Classic cross-references Proverbs 15:10 Classic cross-references Proverbs 9:7 Classic cross-references Psalms 119:97 Classic cross-references Proverbs 18:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

Whoever loves אֹהֵ֣ב H157 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular discipline מ֭וּסָר H4148 Noun - masculine singular loves אֹ֣הֵֽב H157 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular knowledge דָּ֑עַת H1847 Noun - feminine singular but he who hates וְשֹׂנֵ֖א H8130 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular correction תוֹכַ֣חַת H8433 Noun - feminine singular is stupid בָּֽעַר׃ H1198 Adjective - masculine singular

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