Proverbs 9:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

1 Kings 1:23

They told the king, saying, Behold, Natan the prophet. When he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:32

King David said, Call to me Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada. They came before the king.

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Yisra'el said to Yehoshafat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Mikhayahu the son of Yimlah: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Yehoshafat said, *Don't let the king say so.*

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Proverbs 1:5

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accept mitzvot, but a chattering fool will fall.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 19:25

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:9

Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 28:23

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

Isaiah 36:21

But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's mitzvah was, *Don't answer him.*

Leviticus 19:17

*'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.*

Matthew 7:6

*Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.