Proverbs 12:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:1

We are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the means of grace. 1. Those that have grace and love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way of counsel; admonition, or reproof, by the word or providence of God; they will value a good education, and think it not a hardship, but a happiness, to be under a strict and prudent discipline. Those that love a faithful ministry, that value it, and sit under it with pleasure, make... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:1

Whose loveth instruction loveth knowledge ,.... That loves the instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, Proverbs 4:13 ; the means of instruction, the Scriptures, which are profitable for instruction in righteousness, and are written for our learning; the Gospel, which instructs into the person, office, and grace of Christ; the ministers of the word, who are so many instructors in Christ; and even the rod of afflictions, by which men are taught their duty, and the will of God: and these are to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction - מוסר musar , discipline or correction, loves knowledge; for correction is the way to knowledge. But he that hateth reproof is brutish - בער baar , he is a bear; and expects no more benefit from correction than the ox does from the goad. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:1

Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the knowledge of himself and of all moral obligations. Is brutish; is as insensible to higher aspirations, to regret for the past or hope of amendment, as a brute beast (comp. Proverbs 30:2 ). On this point St. Augustine is quoted: " Quicumque corripi non vis, ex eo sane corripiendus es quia corripi non vis. Non vis enim tua... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-3

Primary truths I. THE WISDOM OF SUBMISSION , THE FOLLY OF RESISTANCE , TO REPROOF . As self-knowledge is the most precious and indispensable, and as it comes to us by chastisement, i.e. by disappointment, humiliation, pain of various kinds,—to welcome correction, to be willing and anxious to know our faults, is the mark of true wisdom. To fret at reproof, to be angry with the counsellor, to hate the revealing light, is the worst folly and stupidity. II. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-15

The downward and the upward paths Whether we are daily ascending or descending depends very much on whether we are ready or are refusing to learn The man of open mind is he who moves up, but the man whose soul is shut against the light is he who is going down. I. THE DOWNWARD PATH . We strike one point in this path when we come to: 1 . The forming of a false estimate of ourself. When "our way is right in our own eyes" ( Proverbs 12:15 ), and that way is the wrong one,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 12:1

Proverbs 12:1. Whose loveth instruction Admonition, or reproof, (as appears from the next clause,) which is a singular means of gaining true wisdom; loveth knowledge Shows that he is a true lover of it, because he is willing to purchase it upon such unwelcome terms, as reproofs are generally thought to be. But he that hateth reproof Who cannot endure to be told of, and reproved for, his faults; is brutish Discovers himself to be a most foolish and stupid creature, because he is an... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:1-28

Honest speech and honest work (12:1-28)There are further proverbs on attitudes towards criticism (12:1-2; see notes on 9:7-9), the stability of the righteous (3) and the value of a good wife (4). The righteous, besides having good principles, have the courage to speak up at risk to themselves in order to save others (5-7).If people live humbly and in keeping with their financial capacity, they may not achieve high social status, but at least they will remain free of debt. They are wiser than... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 12:1

instruction = discipline, or correction. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 12:1

Proverbs 12:1"Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.""The lover of knowledge will take pleasure in the Bible, in sermons, and in conversation with good people."[1] No man is really wise who does not know and love the Bible. "He loveth correction who loveth knowledge, and he hateth instruction who is without reason."[2] read more

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