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Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.
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Love for Correction is Love for Knowledge
All the commentators agree that the key distinction between a wise person and a fool is the desire for improvement. A person who truly loves knowledge will also love the discipline, instruction, and correction necessary to gain it. As Charles Ellicott puts it, such a person willingly puts themself in the place of a learner.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvemen…
19th Century
Anglican
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge. —Rather, he who loves knowledge loves discipline, that is, to put him…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge. That loves the instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, (Proverbs 4:13) (…
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Those who have grace will delight in the instructions given to them. Those who stifle their convictions are like brutes.
