Proverbs 9:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Correct a worthless boaster, and all you will get are insults and injuries.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

and when he saw him, Ahab shouted, “There you are, the biggest troublemaker in Israel!”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said, “So, my enemy, you've found me at last.” Elijah answered: Yes, I have! Ahab, you have managed to do everything the LORD hates.

1 Kings 22:24

Zedekiah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him on the face. Then he asked, “Do you really think the LORD would speak to you and not to me?”

1 Kings 22:27

Tell them to put him in prison and to give him nothing but bread and water until I come back safely.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the LORD God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 5:17

Consider yourself fortunate if God All-Powerful chooses to correct you.

Proverbs 13:1

Children with good sense accept correction from their parents, but stubborn children ignore it completely.

Proverbs 15:12

Those who sneer at others don't like to be corrected, and they won't ask help from someone with sense.

Proverbs 23:9

Don't talk to fools— they will just make fun of you.

Isaiah 36:21

Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah had been warned by King Hezekiah not to answer the Assyrian commander. So they tore their clothes in sorrow and reported to Hezekiah everything the commander had said.