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


In Context

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.

10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One 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 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.

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.