Proverbs 15:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לוּץ
lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →לוּץ lûwts
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Study H3887 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the s...
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