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Proverbs 12:1

Contrast the Upright and the Wicked

1 Whoever loves 1discipline loves knowledge,

But he who hates reproof is stupid.

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Proverbs 12:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but whoever hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:

But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 12:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

To learn, you must love discipline;

it is stupid to hate correction.

Proverbs 12:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,

But he who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

Anyone who loves learning accepts correction,

but a person who hates being corrected is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge;

But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 12:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 12:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Whoever loves discipline loves to learn, 

but whoever hates correction is a dumb animal. 

Proverbs 12:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but one who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

He who loves discipline loves knowledge,

but he who hates rebuke is stupid.

Proverbs 12:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Anyone who loves to be trained loves knowledge.

Anyone who hates to be corrected is stupid.


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