Proverbs 9:8
Proverbs 9:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:8 — 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.
Proverbs 9:8 — 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.
Proverbs 9:8 — 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.
Proverbs 9:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:8 — 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.
Proverbs 9:8 — 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.
Proverbs 9:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you;
the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
Proverbs 9:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8 — 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.
Proverbs 9:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you,
Reprove a wise man and he will love you.