7"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.


In Context

4 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

5 "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.

7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.

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

9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.

Proverbs 9:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it — shame, And a reprover of the wicked — his blemish.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.