SinaiProverbs 9:8
American Standard Version
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Proverbs 9:8 in other translations
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8 in context
- 6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
- 7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
- 8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
- 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
- 10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.