Proverbs 15:12

Proverbs 15:12
A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

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Proverbs 9:7
One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

Proverbs 9:8
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 19:25
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Luke 3:19
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

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Proverbs 13:1
A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 1:22
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 13:20
One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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Amos 5:10
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

John 3:20
For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

John 7:7
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

2 Chronicles 18:7
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

Psalms 50:17
since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

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2 Kings 4:23
He said, “Why would you want go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s all right.”

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Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

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Proverbs 14:7
Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

Proverbs 21:24
The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name— he works in the arrogance of pride.

Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

Proverbs 23:9
Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:4
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Proverbs 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 28:23
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

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Isaiah 2:3
Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 66:20
They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into Yahweh’s house.

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Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

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Romans 12:18
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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