8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the …

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

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the …

Verse 8. - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee (see the last note, and comp. Proverbs 15:12, and note there). There are times when reproof only hardens and exasperates.

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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

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

American Standard Version Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. Berean Study Bible Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Douay-Rheims Bible Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. English Revised Version

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. Read full chapter