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Proverbs 9:8
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:8 · Rotherham Emphasised 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, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;
6 Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.
7 He that rebuketh a scoffer, getteth to himself contempt, and, he that reproveth a lawless man, [getteth to himself] his shame.
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
10 The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of the Holy, is understanding;
11 For, by me, shall be multiplied—thy days, and there be added to thee—the years of life.
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