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Proverbs 9:8
Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
Proverbs 9:8 · Geneva Bible
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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, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.
6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.
7 He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.
8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
9 Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.
11 For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.
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