Proverbs 12:1
1The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, ▼▼sn Those who wish to improve themselves must learn to accept correction; the fool hates/rejects any correction.
but the one who hates reproof is stupid. ▼▼tn The word
בַּעַר (
baʿar, “stupid, brutish”) comes from
בְּעִיר (
beʿir, “beast, cattle). It refers to a lack of rationality (
Ps 49:10;
73:22;
92:7;
30:2). The verbal derivative is used to convey “deficiency in moral and religious, rather than intellectual aspects” (
NIDOTTE 679 s.v.
בָּעַר).