Proverbs 15:12 - Exposition

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him ( Proverbs 9:8 ; Amos 5:10 ). For "scorner" the Vulgate has pestilens, and the Septuagint ἀπαίδευτος , "undisciplined." "Scorners" are spoken of elsewhere, as Proverbs 1:22 (where see note); they are conceited, arrogant persons, free-thinkers, indifferent to or sceptical of religion, and too self-opinionated to be open to advice or reproof. Neither will he go unto the wise, who would correct and teach him ( Proverbs 13:20 ). Septuagint, "He will not converse ( ὁμιλήσει ) with the wise." He does not believe the maxim—

σοφοῦ παρ ἀνδρὸς χρὴ σοφόν τι μανθάνειν .

"From a wise man you must some wisdom learn."

A Latin adage runs—

" Argue consultum, te diliget: argue stultum

Avertet vultum, nec te dimittet iuultum ."