Proverbs 9:8
King James Version (KJV)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
In context
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 9:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.