Proverbs 9:8 - New Revised Standard Version

⁸ A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. [Ps. 141:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Common English Bible

⁸ Don’t correct the impudent, or they will hate you; correct the wise, and they will love you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ 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

⁸ Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:8 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 1:23

The king was told, “Here is the prophet Nathan.” When he came in before the king, he did obeisance to the king, with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:32

King David said, “Summon to me the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king,

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me, but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me; let the faithful correct me. Never let the oil of the wicked anoint my head, for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 1:5

Let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill,

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 13:1

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

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction, but one who heeds reproof is honored.

Proverbs 15:12

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

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 23:23

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:9

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

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 29:1

One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Isaiah 36:21

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

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.