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Proverbs 9:7–8

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7“When you correct someone who makes fun of others, you might be laughed at.

When you warn a sinner, you might get hurt.

8Don’t warn those who make fun of others. They will hate you.

Warn those who are wise. They will love you.

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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.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,

and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;

reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;

whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;

rebuke the wise and they will love you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who corrects a mocker

will bring abuse on himself;

the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.

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

rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

NLTNew Living Translation

Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.

Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.

So don’t bother correcting mockers;

they will only hate you.

But correct the wise,

and they will love you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself,

and he who rebukes the wicked gets hurt.

Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;

rebuke the wise and he will love you.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:

And he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:

Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.