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Verse 12. A scorner loveth not him that rebuketh him: neither will be go unto the wise.

Verse 12. A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him: neither will be goe vnto the wise.

A Scorner] A lewd ungracious person, which obstinately hath given over himself to work wickedness, and derideth all that dislike of his ways: [loveth not him that rebuketh him] but hateth both the reprover and the reproof, the man and his admonition: according as was said before, that instruction is evil to him that forsaketh the way: [neither will he go to the wise] nor be willing that the wise should come to him. He affecteth not the company and society of them that be godly, because he knoweth that they will look into his licentious life, and tell him plainly of his inordinate behaviour.

A Scorner] A leaud vngratious person, which obstinately hath giuen ouer himselfe to worke wickednesse, and derideth all that dislike of his waies: [loueth not him that rebuketh him] but hateth both the reproouer and the reproofe, the man and his admonition: according as was said before, that instruction is euill to him that forsaketh the way: [neither will he goe to the wise] nor be willing that the wise should come to him. He affecteth not the company and societie of them that be godly, because he knoweth that they will looke into his licentious life, and tell him plainely of his inordinate behauiour.