Proverbs 9:8–9
Proverbs 9:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you.
But correct the wise, and they will love you.
9 Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser;
teach good people, and they will learn even more.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. 9 Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you.
Warn a wise person, and he will love you.
9 Give ⸤advice⸥ to a wise person,
and he will become even wiser.
Teach a righteous person,
and he will learn more.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you;
the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
9 Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise and he will love you.
9 Give to a wise one and he will become more wise;
teach a righteous one and he will increase learning.
Proverbs 9:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 Don’t warn those who make fun of others. They will hate you.
Warn those who are wise. They will love you.
9 Teach a wise man. He will become even wiser.
Teach a person who does right. He will learn even more.