Proverbs 9:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:23

And they announced to the king, saying, "Nathan, the prophet, is here." And when he had entered in the sight of the king, and he had reverenced prone on the ground,

1 Kings 1:32

And king David said, "Summon to me Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada." And when they had entered before the king,

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: "One man remains, by whom we may be able to inquire of the Lord: Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him. For he does not prophecy good to me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "You should not speak in this way, O king."

Psalm 141:5

I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.

Proverbs 1:5

By listening, the wise shall become wiser and the intelligent shall possess governments.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart accept precepts. The foolish are cut down by the lips.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son is the doctrine of his father. But he who ridicules does not listen when he is reproved.

Proverbs 13:18

Destitution and disgrace are for those who abandon discipline. But whoever agrees with a reproof shall be glorified.

Proverbs 15:12

He who corrupts himself does not love the one who afflicts him, nor will he step toward the wise.

Proverbs 19:25

When the pestilent are scourged, the foolish will become wiser. But if you chastise the wise, he will understand discipline.

Proverbs 23:23

Purchase truth, and do not sell wisdom, or doctrine, or understanding.

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

Proverbs 29:1

The man who, with a stiff neck, treats the one who corrects him with contempt will be suddenly overwhelmed to his own destruction, and reason shall not follow him.

Isaiah 36:21

And they remained silent and did not answer a word to him. For the king had commanded them, saying, "You shall not respond to him."

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind, and they lead the blind. But if the blind are in charge of the blind, both will fall into the pit."

Matthew 7:6

Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.