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


In Context

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.

10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The 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 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 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.