Proverbs 9:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you. Warn a wise person, and he will love you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

ASV:

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

BBE:

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

DBY:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

ERV:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

JPS:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

WBS:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

WEB:

Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

YLT:

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

Proverbs 9:8 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 141:5 Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.

Proverbs 10:8 The wise of heart will receive commands, But a babbling fool will be ruined.

Proverbs 15:12 A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise.

Matthew 7:6 "Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:8 Reprove not a {h} scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
(h) Meaning them who are incorrigible, which Christ calls dogs and swine: or he speaks this in comparison, not that the wicked should not be rebuked, but he shows their malice, and the small hope of the profit.

WES:

9:8 A scorner - An obstinate and incorrigible sinner.

MHC:

9:1-12 Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We must keep from the company and foolish pleasures of the ungodly, or we never can enjoy the pleasures of a holy life. It is vain to seek the company of wicked men in the hope of doing them good; we are far more likely to be corrupted by them. It is not enough to forsake the foolish, we must join those that walk in wisdom. There is no true wisdom but in the way of religion, no true life but in the end of that way. Here is the happiness of those that embrace it. A man cannot be profitable to God; it is for our own good. Observe the shame and ruin of those who slight it. God is not the Author of sin: and Satan can only tempt, he cannot force. Thou shalt bear the loss of that which thou scornest: it will add to thy condemnation.

CONC:

Clear Dear Hate Lest Love Loveth Mocker Pride Rebuke Reproof Reprove Scoffer Scorner Sharp Wise

Clear Dear Hate Mocker Pride Rebuke Reproof Reprove Scoffer Scorner Sharp Wise Words

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