Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Updated King James Version
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 19:17You shall not hate your brother in yours heart: you shall in any way rebuke your neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;
1 Kings 1:32And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honoured.
Proverbs 23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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 →