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.
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. 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. |
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.
King David said, Call to me Tzadok the Kohen, and Natan the prophet, and Benayah the son of Yehoiada. They came before the king.
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.*
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.
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king's mitzvah was, *Don't answer him.*
*'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.*
*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.