The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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."

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