8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.


In Context

5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

7 He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Proverbs 9:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.