Proverbs 9:8

Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf.

9Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:17Thou schalt not hate thi brothir in thin herte, but repreue hym opynly, lest thou haue synne on hym.

1 Kings 1:32And kyng Dauid seide, Clepe ye Sadoch, the preest, to me, and Nathan, the prophete, and Banaie, sone of Joiada. And whanne thei hadden entrid bifor the kyng,

Psalms 141:5I bihelde to the riyt side, and Y siy; and noon was that knew me. Fliyt perischide fro me; and noon is that sekith my soule.

Proverbs 13:18Nedynesse and schenschip is to him that forsakith techyng; but he that assentith to a blamere, schal be glorified.

Proverbs 23:9Speke thou not in the eeris of vnwise men; for thei schulen dispise the teching of thi speche.

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