Proverbs 15:12

“A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him, etc.] He that makes a jest of religion; scoffs at godliness and godly men; treats the Gospel and the ministers of it with contempt; makes a mock at good men, and all that is good; a pestilent fellow, as the Vulgate Latin version: such an one not only does not love, for more is intended than is expressed; but hates him that reproves him, and especially if publicly, (<300510>Amos 5:10); he thinks ill of him; bears him a grudge, and abhors him; and speaks evil of him, and reproaches him; and does all he can to the injury of his person and name; hence the advice of the wise man, (<200907>Proverbs 9:7,8). Some render it, he “loves not reproving…”

“(Compare Pro 9:8). go unto the wise--to be instructed.”

“15:12 Mockers cannot become wise because they keep criticism at a distance (cp. 10:17; 13:1, 10).”

“scorner: Pro 15:10, Pro 9:7, Pro 9:8; Amo 5:10; Joh 3:18-21, Joh 7:7; Ti2 4:3 neither: Ch2 18:7; Job 21:14 Proverbs 15:13”