1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. …
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. …
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1)We are here taught to try whether we have grace or no by enquiring how we stand affected to the means of grace. 1. Those that have grace and love it will delight in all the instructions that are given them by way of counsel; admonition, or reproof, by the word or providence of God; they will value a good education, and think it not a hardship, but a happiness, to be under a strict and prudent disc…
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