7He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
7He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
4 |Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!| As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
5 |Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.|
7 He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8 Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
9:7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
9:7"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
9:7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
9:7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
9:7He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot.
9:7He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
9:7He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
9:7The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it — shame, And a reprover of the wicked — his blemish.
9:7He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.