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


In Context

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

6 Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

7 He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot.

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

9 Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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