Proverbs 9:8
King James Version (KJV)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
World English Bible (WEB)
Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8 Cross References
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
