John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 15:12
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him ,.... 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, Amos 5:10 ; he thinks ill of him; bears him a grudge, and abhors him; and speaks... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 15:11
Hell and destruction are before the Lord ,.... Or "the grave" F1 שאול "sepulchrum", Munster, Piscator, Mercerus, so Ben Melech. , which is the pit of destruction; where bodies being put, putrefy, and are destroyed by worms: this is known by the Lord, even the grave of everyone from the beginning; the graves of Adam, Abel, Abraham; he knows where their dust lies, and will raise it up again at the last day. Hades, or the invisible state of the departed, as the Septuagint has it, is... read more