Proverbs 9:8
World English Bible (WEB)
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
In context
6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
7 One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8 Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
- KJV King James Version
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- 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.