Proverbs 9:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Prov 13:18 : 18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
  • 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
  • 1 Kgs 1:32 : 32 And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
  • Num 14:6-9 : 6 And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes: 7 and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not. 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 8 and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
  • Prov 15:12 : 12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.
  • Prov 23:9 : 9 Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
  • Prov 28:23 : 23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
  • Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: 8 but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote unto you; 16 as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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  • Prov 9:6-7
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    6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

    7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot.

  • Prov 15:12
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    12 A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

  • Prov 9:9
    80%

    9 Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Prov 19:25
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    25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

  • Prov 13:1
    77%

    1 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 12:1
    76%

    1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 17:9-10
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    75%

    9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

    10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Prov 29:8-9
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    8 Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

    9 If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6 A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11 When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 22:10
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    10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 15:31-32
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    31 The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

    32 He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

  • Prov 15:10
    72%

    10 There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Eccl 7:5
    72%

    5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 28:23
    72%

    23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

  • Prov 12:8
    71%

    8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

  • Prov 9:12
    71%

    12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

  • Prov 24:9
    70%

    9 The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

  • Prov 10:17
    70%

    17 He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10 They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 5:12
    70%

    12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

  • Prov 1:22-23
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    22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

    23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

  • Job 13:9-10
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    9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

    10 He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.

  • Prov 24:25
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    25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 3:11
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    11 My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

  • Prov 27:5
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    5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8 The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 25:12
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    12 [ As] an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [So is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  • Prov 14:17
    69%

    17 He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 8:33
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    33 Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

  • Lev 19:17
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    17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1 A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

  • Prov 1:25
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    25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

  • Prov 8:13
    67%

    13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.