Proverbs 12:1
He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui diligit disciplinam diligit scientiam ; qui autem odit increpationes insipiens est.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁ ἀγαπῶν παιδείαν ἀγαπᾷ αἴσθησιν, ὁ δὲ μισῶν ἐλέγχους ἄφρων.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֹהֵ֣ב מ֭וּסָר אֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת בָּֽעַר
Haydock's commentary
Knowledge. It is a great kindness to shew us our faults. But God's grace is necessary to make us reap benefit from correction, (Calmet) as self-love recoils at it.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.