Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.
Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Whoso loveth instruction - מוסר musar, discipline or correction, loves knowledge; for correction is the way to knowledge.
But he that hateth reproof is brutish - בער baar, he is a bear; and expects no more benefit from correction than the ox does from the goad.
Brutish - Dumb as a brute beast. The difference between man and brute lies chiefly in the capacity of the former for progress and improvement, and that capacity depends upon his willingness to submit to discipline and education. Compare Psalm 49:12.