Proverbs 9:7 - New Revised Standard Version

⁷ Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: And he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ He who rebukes a scorner heaps upon himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man gets for himself bruises.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Common English Bible

⁷ Whoever instructs the cynic gets insulted; whoever corrects the wicked gets hurt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Whoever teaches a mocker causes injury to himself. And whoever argues with the impious produces a blemish on himself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:7 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

1 Kings 22:27

and say, ‘Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison, and feed him on reduced rations of bread and water until I come in peace.’ ”

2 Chronicles 36:16

but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord against his people became so great that there was no remedy.

Job 5:17

“How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:12

Scoffers do not like to be rebuked; they will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 23:9

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, who will only despise the wisdom of your words.

Isaiah 36:21

But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”