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Proverbs 9:8–9

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8lDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;

mreprove a wise man, and he will love you.

9Give instruction2 to a wise man, and he will be nstill wiser;

teach a righteous man, and he will oincrease in learning.

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Proverbs 9:8: Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Footnotes

  1. 2Hebrew lacks instruction

Cross references

  1. l[Matt. 7:6]
  2. mSee Ps. 141:5
  3. n[Matt. 13:12]
  4. och. 1:5

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;

rebuke the wise and they will love you.

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;

teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;

rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still;

teach the righteous, and he will learn more.

NLTNew Living Translation

So don’t bother correcting mockers;

they will only hate you.

But correct the wise,

and they will love you.

Instruct the wise,

and they will be even wiser.

Teach the righteous,

and they will learn even more.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;

rebuke the wise and he will love you.

Give to a wise one and he will become more wise;

teach a righteous one and he will increase learning.

KJV 1900King James Version

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:

Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:

Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.