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.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. [Ps. 141:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. Common English Bible Don’t correct the impudent, or they will hate you; correct the wise, and they will love you. 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;\par\tab And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
The wise in heart will receive commandments;\par\tab But a prating fool shall fall.
A wise son {\i heareth} his father's instruction;\par\tab But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
Poverty and shame {\i shall be to} him that refuseth correction;\par\tab But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;\par\tab He will not go unto the wise.
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;\par\tab And reprove one that hath understanding, {\i and} he will understand knowledge.
Buy the truth, and sell it not;\par\tab {\i Yea}, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Speak not in the hearing of a fool;\par\tab For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor\par\tab Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck\par\tab Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.}
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