Proverbs 9:8

American Standard Version 2015

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:\par\tab Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Cross References

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous smite me, {\i it shall be} a kindness;\par\tab And let him reprove me, {\i it shall be as} oil upon the head;\par\tab Let not my head refuse it:\par\tab For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame {\i shall be to} him that refuseth correction;\par\tab But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

Proverbs 23:9

Speak not in the hearing of a fool;\par\tab For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;\par\tab He will not go unto the wise.

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.\par

Proverbs 29:1

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck\par\tab Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor\par\tab Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.}

1 Kings 1:23

And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

1 Kings 1:32

And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments;\par\tab But a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son {\i heareth} his father's instruction;\par\tab But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;\par\tab And reprove one that hath understanding, {\i and} he will understand knowledge.

Isaiah 36:21

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

Proverbs 1:5

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;\par\tab And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth, and sell it not;\par\tab {\i Yea}, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.