Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
KJV
Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te : argue sapientem, et diliget te.
Vulgate
μὴ ἔλεγχε κακούς, ἵνα μὴ μισῶσίν σε· ἔλεγχε σοφόν, καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε.
LXX
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
ASV
אַל תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן יִשְׂנָאֶ֑/ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝/חָכָ֗ם וְ/יֶאֱהָבֶֽ/ךָּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
י
y
verb · 148×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Attaining his thirtieth year, he, under the admonition of the discourses of Ambrose, discovered more and more the truth of the Catholic doctrine, and deliberates as to the better regulation of his life. Chapter 1. His Mother Having Followed Him to Milan, Declares that She Will Not Die Before Her Son Shall Have Embraced the Catholic Faith. 1. O Thou, my hope from my youth, where…
Cross-references
- 1John 2:21 — I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
- 1Kgs 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
- 2Pet 3:15 — And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
- 2Sam 12:7 — And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
- Eccl 7:5 — It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
- Gal 4:16 — Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
- Heb 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
- Lev 19:17 — Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- Lev 19:17 — Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- Luke 17:3 — Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
- Matt 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
- Matt 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- Prov 13:18 — Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
- Prov 15:12 — A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
- Prov 15:24 — The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
- Prov 15:31 — The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
- Prov 17:10 — A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
- Prov 19:25 — Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
- Prov 23:9 — Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
- Prov 25:12 — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Prov 28:23 — He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite 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.
- Ps 141:5 — Let the righteous smite 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.