Proverbs 15:12

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Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?	A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.	A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A scorner^H3887 loveth^H157 not one that reproveth^H3198 him: neither will he go^H3212 unto the wise^H2450.

Original Hebrew

לֹא יֶאֱהַב־לֵץ הֹוכֵחַ לֹו אֶל־חֲכָמִים לֹא יֵלֵךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יֶאֱהַב	ye.'e.hav-	H157	HVqi3ms	he loves
לֵ֭ץ	letz	H3887	HAamsa	a mocker
הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ	ho.Khe.ach	H3198	HVha	reproof
ל֑/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים	cha.kha.Mim	H2450	HAampa	wise (people)
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יֵלֵֽךְ	ye.Lekh	H3212	HVqi3ms	he goes

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
H3198 — יָכַח (yâkach, yaw-kahh'): a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict; appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
H3887 — לוּץ (lûwts, loots): a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede; ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

neither — 2 Chronicles 18:7, Job 21:14
scorner — Proverbs 9:7-8, Proverbs 15:10, Amos 5:10, John 3:18-21, John 7:7, 2 Timothy 4:3

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