Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Whoso loveth instruction (Hebrew, disciplinary instruction) loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish - (Proverbs 3:11; .) The believer 'loveth disciplinary chastening,' not for its own sake, but for the sake of that which is its effect-namely, our being made partaken of God's holiness: just as we love the physician who lances a festering sore, or the bitter medicine which heals us (Hebrews 12:10). To hate "reproof," which is designed for our good (), is to be like the "brute," which looks not beyond the pain or the pleasure of the present moment, and which kicks or bites the person who offers healing though unpalatable drugs.