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Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:8 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 9:8 in other translations
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
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In context
5 Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
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