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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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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 12:1
18th Century
Theologian
Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvemen…
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 12:1
19th Century
Bishop
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge. —Rather, he who loves knowledge loves discipline, that is, to put him…
John Gill
On Proverbs 12:1
17th Century
Pastor
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge. That loves the instruction of Wisdom, or Christ, (Proverbs 4:13) (…
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 12:1
17th Century
Minister
Those who have grace will delight in the instructions given to them. Those who stifle their convictions are like brutes.