Proverbs 9:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he 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

And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:32

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

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

Psalm 141:5

Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 1:5

the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding acquire skill,

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he 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, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.

Proverbs 29:1

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, 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 your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 7:6

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