Proverbs 9:8
Do not reprove a mocker, or he will hate you; 1 reprove a wise man, and he will love you. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must honestly rebuke your neighbor so as not to share in sin because of him.
2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you out of the hand of Saul.
1 Kings 1:32King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
Psalms 141:5Let a righteous man hit me; it will be a kindness to me. 1 Let him correct me; it will be like oil on my head; 1 may my head not refuse to accept it. 1 But my prayer is always against their wicked deeds. 1
Proverbs 13:18The one who ignores instruction will have poverty and shame, 1 but honor will come to him who learns from correction. 1
Proverbs 23:9Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, 1 for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →